hi i'm just installing amanda in RHEL5. but have error.. can someone help me?


make install-data-hook
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/amanda-2.6.0p1/common-src'
Setting installation permissions on data
(dest=/usr/local/sbin)
(chown=amanda)
chown backup: /usr/local/sbin/amgpgcrypt
chown: `backup:': cannot get the login group of a numeric UID
make[4]: *** [installperms-data] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/amanda-2.6.0p1/common-src'
make[3]: *** [install-data-am] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/amanda-2.6.0p1/common-src'
make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/amanda-2.6.0p1/common-src'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/amanda-2.6.0p1/common-src'
make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
[root@firdaus amanda-2.6.0p1]#


above just several last line.

I'm not a RedHat guy, but that looks like there is a problem with the user "backup". Did you set up a user "backup" before launching into this?

If you take a look at http://wiki.zmanda.com, you will find a quickstart under User Documentation that outlines all the steps in getting Amanda running. That's what I used (I'm on Solaris, but the quickstart is generic), jumping off into other sections of the documentation as needed. There is also an Installation page linked from the User Documentation page that goes over more detail on the initial installation.

Amanda doesn't create the user for you? How primitive! :P

That's because people might have preferences to use another user. They may have already used "backup" in another context. I don't think "backup" is automatically chosen by Amanda. You tell it when you run the configuration. I use the user "amanda". For security purposes, you shouldn't have the backup software making assumptions about how you have your users set up.