Have you checked .amandahosts for proper entries? Does that file have the proper permissions? -rw------- 1 amanda amanda 37 Nov 14 13:16 .amandahosts
on the client .amandahosts should say bkup.server.com amanda and on the server the entry should be client.server.com root are you using the FQDN for both server and client? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Grover > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Permission Denied error on client > > > I've not been able to get one of my clients to back up using > vxdump. Another, similarly configured client has no problem. > Amcheck reports the following on the bad client ... > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > ERROR: host.domain.edu: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/var > (/dev/vx/rdsk/var): Permission denied] > ERROR: host.domain.edu: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol > (/dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol): Permission denied] > Client check: 1 host checked in 1.051 seconds, 2 problems found > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) > > Is this a read permission error on the filesystem or an > execute error on vxdump? All seems identical on both systems. > > Thanks > JG > > John W Grover, Systems and Database Administrator > Lake Michigan College > www.lakemichigancollege.edu > >
