Date: 09 Dec 1998 10:54:20 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com> To: Pablo Quintana <quintana@netsys.hn> Cc: "amanda-users@amanda.org" <amanda-users@amanda.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Brian Topping <topping@digidemic.com> Subject: Re: I screwed up with Amanda ./configure? Message-ID: <86emq95n0z.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> In-Reply-To: Pablo Quintana's message of Wed, 09 Dec 98 09:24:29 -0500 References: <199812091523.JAA07414@mail.netsys.hn>
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Pablo Quintana <quintana@netsys.hn> writes: > I think I did something wrong, I ran: > ./configure --with-user=amanda --with-group=operator --with-tape-device= > /dev/nrst0 --with-amandahosts --with-fqdn --with-debugging=/tmp/amanda -- > without-amplot > Without having the user amanda in the operator group. Also I did'nt run it > as root, is that bad? Can I delete the whole amanda directory and start > again? I tar xvf the amanda tarball in /home/quintana/amanda/ , will that > cause some trouble? > > I'm sorry for asking too much but my heart beats fast each time I issue a > command, because this is a working mail server. The "./configure" just operates in the source directory so if you've got write privs there you won't need to be root. I usually configure and compile as myself, then switch to root to "make install". I think the configure will be OK without the user in the group, but it won't install or run properly until you add the user to the group. (FreeBSD used to *not* have user "operator" in group "operator" and this screwed me up for quite some time until I realized it.) Amanda rox! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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