-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.
>
>

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