New user name was introduced in 2.5.2.p1-9. See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/124510 for details. Amanda's RPMs contain scriptlets for automatic transition to new 'amandabackup' user name. Update of files /etc/amanda/*/amanda.conf, /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts, /etc/xinetd.d/amanda as well as renaming /var/spool/cron/amanda is handled by these scriptlets. Original files are backed up with .usernameupdate extension. Other needed changes must be done manually...