On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 07:45:51AM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 10:53 +0200, Paul Bijnens wrote: > > "diskdir" is a very old parameter (dating from even before I began > > using Amanda. In that time there was only one holdingdisk directory. > > Now (since 2.4.0?) there can be multiple holdingdisks. > > I believe after 7 years developers are allowed to remove that parameter > > from the historical bagage, isn't it? > > Sure, there's no problem with that at all. The "problem" is not with > diskdir going away, but rather that amgetconf is now less useful than it > was before to at least one Debian user. > > > Just curious, how would a user use that info? (apart from looking > > at his amanda.conf file and noting where to create the directories > > while setting up Amanda?) What script could benefit of the info? > > I don't knowm, offhand. I'll CC the submitter of the original Debian > bug so he can tell us how he's trying to use this.
The Debian package of the host-base intrusion detection system aide tries to automatically find out which parts of the file system to exclude from the check, the amanda holding disk being a candidate for exclusion. The script that tries to grok amanda configuration is already by far the most complex parser shipped with the package. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
