OK, it turned out to be the fully qualified (vs not) name in .amandahosts.
I changed to just use the short name (which is what was used in the amanda error message and amcheck doesn't give any errors now. I found this in the faq-o-matic. gene On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 10:18, gene wrote: > On Friday, I finally succeeded in getting Amanda to complete a > successful backup run on the tape server. Today I'm trying to add a > Linux (RH 7.2) client. I can't seem to get past the 'amanadahostauth > failed' when running an amcheck. > > I have a .amandahosts file on the client (lincvs): > > datadev.mydomain.com amanda > > datadev is the tape server (Solaris 8). I do have ipchains running on > lincvs and I have put in rules to allow ports 10080, 10082, and 10883 > thru. I have also stopped ipchains completely and run the amcheck from > the tapeserver with the same results. > > Both datadev (tapeserver) and lincvs (client) are runing 2.4.2p2. The > RedHat box (lincvs) is running with the amanda rpm's that came with 7.2. > lincvs is > > > I have run the C pgm from the O'Reilly B/U book that checks that the > services are called correctly and that is ok (on both client and > tapeserver). > > I'm sure I'm overlooking something, and I'm still digging through the > faq-o-matic and any newsgroup searches, as well as looking at Chapter 4 > in the O'Reilly Backup and Recovery book. Any/all help is appreciated. > > The amcheck output from the tapeserver is below. I know I need to do a > amrmtape to re-use the DailySet101 tape below while I'm testing): > > {datadev:amanda}$ amcheck Daily > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > ----------------------------- > Holding disk /backup/amanda: 11432812 KB disk space available, that's > plenty > ERROR: cannot overwrite active tape DailySet101 > (expecting tape DailySet102 or a new tape) > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > NOTE: info dir /var/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo/lincvs.mydomain.com: does > not exist > Server check took 3.784 seconds > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > ERROR: lincvs.mydomain.com: [access as amanda not allowed from > amanda@datadev] amandahostsauth failed > Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.098 seconds, 1 problem found > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2) > > > Thanks for your help! > > > Gene > > > > > > > > -- > Gene Matthews > Matthews Midrange Consulting, Inc. > (678) 923-8327 > (877) 882-6291 (toll free) > http://mmc-inc.com > -- Gene Matthews Matthews Midrange Consulting, Inc. (678) 923-8327 (877) 882-6291 (toll free) http://mmc-inc.com