Christoph Sold schrieb:
>
> John,
>
> answer greatly appreciated.
>
> "John R. Jackson" schrieb:
> >
> > >500 Access not allowed: [access as operator not allowed from
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] open of /usr/home/operator/.amandahosts failed
> >
> > ># whoami
> > >root
> >
> > Running tests as root is cheating :-). Try running them as "operator".
> >
> > ># pwd
> > >/usr/home/operator
> > ># ls -alF
> > >-rw------- 1 operator operator 69 Jul 13 16:16 .amandahosts
> >
> > OK, that looks all right. How about:
> >
> > # cd /
> > # su operator -c cat /usr/home/operator/.amandahosts
> >
> > Make sure you give the full path. I suspect that will fail.
> >
> > Check the permissions of the /usr, /usr/home and /usr/home/operator
> > directories to make sure "operator" can get through them (I'm betting
> > that's where the problem is).
>
> # su operator -c "ls -l /"
> ...
> drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 <ctime> /usr
> ...
> # su operator -c "ls -l /usr"
> ...
> drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 512 <ctime> home
> ...
> # su operator -c "ls -l /usr/home"
> ...
> drwxr-xr-x 3 operator operator 512 <ctime> operator
> ...
> # su operator -c "ls -l /usr/home/operator"
> ...
> -rw------- 1 operator operator 69 <ctime> .amandahosts
> # su operator -c "cat /usr/home/operator/.amandahosts"
> localhost
> backups.my.domain
> client1.my.domain
> client2.my.domain
>
> This was not the reason why it fails. Any other ideas?
[In a private mail, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] zeroed in on the problem:]
xavier schrieb:
>
> The problem is that you must only specify one user per line (i've just
> tested it)
>
> good luck!
This one helped. Seems this can hit others, too, so I copy it back to
the mailing list. To make this point clearer: The syntax in .amandahosts
DIFFERS from .rhosts in that you have to specify one user per line.
Thanks
-Christoph Sold
