-1. for a simple setup edit the files (see explanations there)
- /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf
- /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist
- /etc/amanda/crontab
+1. Create a directory under /etc/amanda for your backup config, we'll assume
+ a name 'DailySet1' as our example.
+
+ mkdir /etc/amanda/DailySet1
+
+ Make sure that /etc/amanda and all the files under it are owner and group
+ backup with directory permissions of 770 and file permissions of 660.
+
+2. populate this directory with config files. At a minimum, you need
+ amanda.conf and disklist.
+
+ cp /usr/share/doc/amanda-server/examples/amanda.conf \
+ /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf*
+ cp /usr/share/doc/amanda-server/examples/disklist \
+ /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist
+
+ Edit these files as needed, following the instructions in each file.
+
+3. Make sure that /etc/amanda and all the files under it are owner and group
+ backup with directory permissions of 770 and file permissions of 660.
+
+ chown -R backup:backup /etc/amanda
+
+3. Prepare the "holding disk" if you plan to use one (highly recommended!) by
+ ensuring user backup can access it. See the note below indicating that it
+ may be better to use a subdirectory and not a mount point to avoid having
+ system artifacts like the lost+found directory confuse things.