Hi, again James thanks for your help. Well, The server and the client are in the same machine (wendy), by the moment. When I execute #su amanda -c "/software/amanda/libexec/amandad", the amadad.xxx.debug is
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- amandad: debug 1 pid 4921 ruid 3001 euid 3001 start time Wed Jan 9 12:38:32 200 2 /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: version 2.4.2p2 /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.2p2" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: BUILT_DATE="Thu Dec 20 19:44:23 MET 200 1" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: BUILT_MACH="SunOS sc01us0105 5.8 Generi c_108528-10 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: CC="gcc" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: paths: bindir="/software/amanda/bin" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: sbindir="/software/amanda/sbin" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: libexecdir="/software/amanda/libexec" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: mandir="/software/amanda/man" AMANDA_TM PDIR="/tmp/amanda" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/software/amanda/etc" DEV_P REFIX="/dev/dsk/" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/rdsk/" DUMP="/usr/sbi n/ufsdump" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: RESTORE="/usr/sbin/ufsrestore" GNUTAR=" /usr/local/bin/tar" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: COMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/usr/bin/gzip" MAILER= "/usr/ucb/Mail" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: listed_incr_dir="/software/amanda/var/a dm/gnutar-lists" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="wendy" DEFAULT_CONFIG=" DailySet1" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="wendy" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/rmt/0bn" HAVE _MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_ CODE /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AM ANDAHOSTS /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: CLIENT_LOGIN="amanda" FORCE_USERID HAVE _GZIP /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT ="--fast" /software/amanda/libexec/amandad: COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_O PT="-dc" amandad: dgram_recv: timeout after 30 seconds amandad: error receiving message: timeout error receiving message: timeout amandad: pid 4921 finish time Wed Jan 9 12:39:02 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also i have to say that i want to use AMANDA with a SUN STARAGE L20 Thanks for all. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Javier Fernández Pérez Servicio de Informática Corporativa D.G. de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes Consejería de Fomento - Junta de Castilla y León Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14. 47014 Valladolid (Spain) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------