Re: new debian buster install, missing /etc/amanda-security.conf file

Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.archivers.amanda.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On Feb 4, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Alan Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 15:36 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Greetings all;
>> 
>> Updating both to newer hardware for machines and installing debian 
>> buster, but amcheck says that the /etc/amanda-security.conf file won't 
>> let me run tar as root, but the real problem is that 
>> the /etc/amanda-security.conf file does not exist.
>> 
>> Who owns it, I assume its 0600 for perms, and whats it supposed to say?
>> 
>> Thanks everybody.
>> 
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
> 
> Not a Debian system, but:
> 
> hades ~ # ls -l /etc/amanda-security.conf  
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root amanda 56 Sep 20  2016 /etc/amanda-security.conf
> 
> hades ~ # cat /etc/amanda-security.conf  
> amgtar:gnutar_path:/bin/tar 
> runtar:gnutar_path:/bin/tar
> 
> There's also a manpage for it on my systems.


Contents on my machines:  (can be entirely commented out; that’s how it starts)

========  amanda-security.conf  ============
############################################################
# /etc/amanda-security.conf                                #
#                                                          #
# See: man amanda-security.conf                            #
#                                                          #
# This file must be installed at /etc/amanda-security.conf #
#                                                          #
# It list all executables amanda can execute as root.      #
# This file must contains realpath to executable, with     #
# all symbolic links resolved.                             #
# You can use the 'realpath' command to find them.         #
#                                                          #
# It list program and a symbolic name for the program      #
# Followed by the realpath of the binary                   #
#                                                          #
# Uncomment and edit the following lines to let Amanda to  #
# use customized system commands.  If multiple PATH is     #
# necessary, please put them in different lines.           #
# e.g.:                                                    #
# amgtar:GNUTAR_PATH=/usr/bin/tar                          #
# amgtar:GNUTAR_PATH=/usr/bin/tar-1.28                     #
#                                                          #
# If a program and symbolic name is not listed, then the   #
# configured binary is allowed to be run as root.          #
# You can find the configured binary with amgetconf        #
#     amgetconf build.gnutar_path                          #
#     amgetconf build.star_path                            #
#     amgetconf build.bsdtar_path                          #
#                                                          #
############################################################
#runtar:gnutar_path=/bin/tar
#amgtar:gnutar_path=/bin/tar
#amstar:star_path=/usr/bin/star
#ambsdtar:bsdtar_path=/usr/bin/bsdtar

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