Can you repeat which node is the client and which is the server? Your errors seem to reflect a strange configuration:
Charles Farinella wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > > As suggested we have fixed our .amandahosts file to reflect the fully > qualified hostname. Now I get the following: > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [could not access /dev/rd/c0d0p7 > (/dev/rd/c0d0p7): Permission denied] This means that amandauser on localhost.localdomain cannot read/write to /dev/rd/c0d0p7 on localhost.localdomain. But is this really what you want? What does your disklist on the server configuration say? > ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [could not access /dev/rd/c0d0p2 > (/dev/rd/c0d0p2): Permission denied] > ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [could not access /dev/rd/c0d0p6 > (/dev/rd/c0d0p6): Permission denied] > ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [could not access /dev/rd/c0d0p1 > (/dev/rd/c0d0p1): Permission denied] > ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [could not access /dev/rd/c0d0p5 > (/dev/rd/c0d0p5): Permission denied] > ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [can not read/write /etc/dumpdates: > Permission denied] This means that amandauser on localhost.localdomain cannot write to /etc/dumpdates -- you would get this error by default unless you change the permissions on /etc/dumpdates on localhost.localdomain. > Client check: 1 host checked in 0.019 seconds, 6 problems found > > This is my first attempt at installing Amanda, so I am unsure of what this > means. Who 's permissions are denied? The amandauser has access to the > devices in question, the program was built with proper (I think) > configuration, the amcheck script has the following permissions: > -rwsr-x--- 1 root amandauser > > There are two of us here who are a little lost. > > Thanks for the previous help. > > --charlie > > >>On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 at 5:08pm, Charles Farinella wrote >> >> >>>ERROR: localhost.localdomain: [access as amandauser not allowed from >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]] amandahostsauth failed >>> >>>I have created a .amandahosts file with the following entry: >>>localhost.localdomain amandauser >>> >>> >>You've got some DNS oddness going on. The canonical answer is to always >>use fully qualified hostnames with AMANDA -- don't use localhost. It >>*will* eventually bite you. >> >>Also, make sure that your .amandahosts file is in the right place (the >>$HOME of amandauser) and is readable by amandauser (duh). >> >> >> > -- David T. Smith PGP Fingerprint: 7B01 0086 BC4E C092 5348 B9AE E79A 07F2 9E59 29C2 ph: 1 203 364 1796 fax: 1 203 364 1795 cell: 1 203 770 1685 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
