> > I am getting the following error from amdump:
> > 
> > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> > wookie.int /boot lev 0 FAILED [disk /boot offline on wookie.internal.americom.com?]
> > 
> > On wookie, the file sendsize.20020124035422.debug says:
> > 
> > running /usr/local/libexec/killpgrp
> >   DUMP: Warning: unable to translate LABEL=/
> >   DUMP: Warning: unable to translate LABEL=/boot
> > /dev/sda2: Permission denied while opening filesystem
> > .....
> 
> I see two problems above.  First, you need to apply the advfs patch from 
> the patches page at amanda.org -- it fixes the 'unable to translate LABEL' 
> errors above.

Will do.

> Second, dump isn't being run with the proper permissions.  
> What group is the amanda user in?

>From /etc/group:

disk:x:6:root,rwk,amanda

> And what does 'ls -l /dev/sda2' say?

brw-rw----    1 root     disk       8,   2 Aug 24  2000 /dev/sda2

Also, amcheck *does* run successfully.

Please advise and thank you for your help!

Dick

> > However, when I run dump manually on wookie, it runs with no problem
> > and:
> > 
> 
> Running dump as which user?  If the amanda user, then what does your 
> /etc/xinetd entry for amanda look like?
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University
> 

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