-I am running as root who is the dump user. -I've abled (disable = no) the amanda services.(amanda, amandaidx & amidxtape)
----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: Amcheck: acess denied > Hello all. > > I've been through this problem before, I just can't remember hoe I fixed it. > I've reinstalled RH 7.3 and copied the conf files onto the new installation. > When I run amcheck, I get the error: > > ERROR: merlin: [access as amanda not allowed from root@merlin] > amandahostsauth failed > > I've followed the installation guide and the docs say the .amandahosts file > isn't configured properly or the inetd configuration file must have the > wrong user name, I don't find such a file.. I've tried changing permissions > (full permissions) on the .amandahosts file, but no luck. The file reads: > > merlin.systematic.lan root > merlin.systematic.lan amanda > > What am I not doing? > > Reguards, > Trevor. > >