Galen Johnson wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm moving forward with backing up my windows machines amanda. I've > gotten samba talking to my windows boxes and can run 'smbclient > -Uamanda%herpasswd -L windows_host' just fine.. .I see all the shares, > etc...I can also see my samba server on the windows boxes. However, > whwne I run 'amdump daily' I get the following: > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > planner: ERROR Request to fwpilot timed out. > fwpilot //pdc_circ/c$ RESULTS MISSING > fwpilot //pdc_circ/d$ RESULTS MISSING > > I think I have tracked it down to the fact that I can only see what's > shared on the server but not actually access them. > Any hints would be helpful...I've added amanda to the group which > should give her enough permissions for everything (full control under > windows perms). I'm at my wits end...any input, leads, places to > look...you get the idea...anecdotes are welcome. > > =G= >
Issue was resolved by including the optional domain field in /etc/amandapass. I'd recommend that this field be upgraded to 'recommended' instead of 'optional'. Thanks to Jon LaBadie for his ever insightful suggestions. They really helped since I wasn't thinking straight (too much work, too little sleep). =G=
