On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 at 10:02am, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote > Thank you to all the generous folks who have given me suggestions. > Unfortunately, I still can't get it to work. I still get the same error > massage with "[access as amanda not allowed from > [EMAIL PROTECTED]]". > > Here's some clarification on my system. I'm trying to backup the > tapeserver. My tape is on a machine called admin.jhuccp.org. The userID > for both client and server is "amanda", group is "disk".
I thought there was only one machine -- what do you mean "for both client and server"? > I've tried all these variations in the /home/amanda/.amandahosts and > /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts files (one at a time; the comments are how > I kept track of what I tried): > admin:/home/amanda # cat .amandahosts > #admin.jhuccp.org amanda.admin.jhuccp.org > #admin amanda.admin.jhuccp.org > admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > #admin amanda > #admin.jhuccp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] > admin:/home/amanda # You still haven't hit the write one. The format is 'machinename user' So, /home/amanda/.amandahosts should include: admin.jhuccp.org amanda Other questions -- are you sure that /home/amanda is the home directory of the amanda user? It's listed in /etc/passwd. > As an aside, is it still necessary to have both > /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts and /home/amanda/.amandahosts files? Do > they have to be the same? AFAIK, it never was necessary. The only .amandahosts you need resides in ~amanda. > Any additional suggestions? What OS/distro are you using -- that's helpful info. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
