Imported Debian patch 2.5.1-1

[debian/amanda] / debian / amanda-server.README.Debian

diff --git a/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian b/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian
index 128d5ded7ced8be0ad7730c13007fcf1e4bdf556..482497ea08406b4a608226c47a8c4125f746390f 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian
+++ b/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ Sam Johnston <samj@samj.net> reported problems with an Amanda server on which
 bastille was used with the "restrict system resources" option.  See bug
 118616 in the Debian bug tracking system for more information.
 
+If you choose to use the SSH authentication method and associated transport,
+please be aware that there may be problems if /usr/libamanda/dumper is suid.
+You can fix this on your server with chmod u-s /usr/lib/amanda/dumper, or
+investigate dpkg-statoverride.
+
 Concerns have been expressed about the reliability of 'dump' as a backup tool
 on live Linux systems.  Nothing can guarantee a consistent and meaningful 
 backup of a live filesystem under all circumstances.  The tar utility is 
@@ -61,3 +66,16 @@ backup of a live filesystem under all circumstances.  The tar utility is
 filesystem type, and there are entries in the default amanda.conf file 
 defining dump types using tar.
 
+Note that if you are using tar with amanda, and getting errors about missing
+exclude files (particularly on upgrades from older versions), then you may
+need to update your dumptypes definition to explicitly indicate that the 
+exclude file is optional, as shown in this example:
+
+       define dumptype userdata-lowvalue {
+          program "GNUTAR"
+          comment "Low value user data dumped with tar"
+          options compress-fast, index
+          exclude list optional ".amandaexclude"
+          priority low
+       }
+