--On Monday, June 16, 2003 16:09:52 -0400 Harry Mbang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, thanks for your suggestions. I am at the point where I think > the problem has shifted from being one of tape drive specification to > communication between the Tape host server and the client. When I run > amcheck this is the part of the message I get: > > "WARNING: linux.local: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? Client > check: 1 host checked in 30.016 seconds, 1 problem found" You'll be much beter off in the long run if you use a FQDN instead of localhost (or its varients) in your disklist. Does linux.local resolve to an IP? > The logs in /tmp/amanda give amcheck: debug 1 pid 1316 ruid 37 euid 0 > start time Mon Jun 16 04:51:42 2003 > amcheck: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.626 > amcheck: pid 1316 finish time Mon Jun 16 04:52:12 2003 > > Is the Amanda user supposed to have a uid below or above 500? Mine has > one below and was created when I installed Amanda, i.e. the Amanda user > was not directly created by me. Also in .amandahosts I have using root > along with the hostname. Has anybody got an idea of what could be > wrong? Thanks. uid shouldn't matter as long as the user is in the right group to be able to access the disk. And .amandahost should contain something like: amandaserver.domain.nam backupuser There's a list of things to check in the FAQ-o-matic for selfcheck timed out errors, try checking all of those and see what happens. Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501