Ok: amandad runs, and In the /tmp/amanda/ debug file, I get: host failure:
... Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-0003EE70 SEQ 1058213638 ---- amandad: time 0.002: bsd security: remote host tape.control.att.com user amanda local user amanda amandad: time 0.016: check failed: [access as amanda not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed amandad: time 0.016: sending REP packet: ---- Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 000-0003EE70 SEQ 1058213638 ERROR [access as amanda not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed BUT my $HOME/.amandahosts file shows: tape amanda cluster-adm amanda And I even tried copying my .amandahosts file to the same directory where amanda.conf lives. Still ng. (here is home directory) drwxr-xr-x 2 amanda operator 512 Jul 14 12:56 . drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 512 Jul 10 15:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda operator 30 Jul 14 17:22 .amandahosts -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda operator 173 Jul 14 09:44 .profile -rw------- 1 amanda operator 5190 Jul 14 17:22 .sh_history -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda operator 30 Jul 14 17:07 amanda.hosts i even thought i might have fat fingered file name, so I double checked spelling.
