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Bugtraq archives for 1st quarter (Jan-Mar) 1998: Re: CPIO-SN #11980105: Amanda v2.3.0.4 Backup Software (fwd)

Re: CPIO-SN #11980105: Amanda v2.3.0.4 Backup Software (fwd)

Joey N. (joeyCORINNE.CPIO.ORG)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 11:38:17 -0800

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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:10:10 -0500
To: "Joey N." <joeycorinne.cpio.org>
Subject: Re: CPIO-SN #11980105: Amanda v2.3.0.4 Backup Software (fwd)

Thanks for the updated copy.

>... The only known workaround at this
>time is to completely disable Amanda.

That's a little (OK, a lot) excessive.  The problems you describe in
this particular report are with amindexd and amidxtaped.  So all a site
has to do is disable them in inetd.conf.  They are not needed for the
backing up that Amanda does, and restores can be done without them.