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

Gene Heskett <[email protected]>
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On Thursday 04 February 2021 21:43:38 Charles Curley wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 15:36:21 -0500
>
> Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If you used the packages that come with buster, you should have
> gotten /etc/amanda-security.conf from the amanda-client package. Did
> you install from the debian packages, or did you only install the
> server on that machine?

Both Charles. And I am about 2.5 hours from finding out if a normal 
backup works.


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