Re: new debian buster install, missing /etc/amanda-security.conf file
Debra S Baddorf <[email protected]>
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> 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 #restore_by_amanda_user=no