According to John M Vinopal:
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>
>Can someone point out whats wrong with this setup?
>
>These appear on the house in /var/log/messages
>>Feb 27 19:05:59 www amd[73]: /etc/amd/home: line 8 has no value field
>>Feb 27 20:06:02 www amd[73]: /etc/amd/home: line 8 has no value field
>>Feb 27 21:06:15 www amd[73]: /etc/amd/home: line 8 has no value field
>
>www     \
>        host==www;type:=link;fs:=/usr/people2 || \   
                                                   ^^^^

Here is your problem - you have spaces after the '\' character so the
newline is not being quoted.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
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