Thanks Joshua. It works by touch it. But why there are files amandates.c and amandates.h, are they suppose to be compiled and distributed ?
--------------------------------- spike:root:#find / -name "amandat*" /etc/amandates /myapp/amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src/amandates.h /myapp/amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src/amandates.c /myapp/amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src/.deps/amandates.Plo /myapp/amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src/amandates.o /myapp/amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src/amandates.lo --------------------------------------- Thanks Allen Liu IP Application Design and Engineering Bell Canada (613) 781-7368, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1240 -160 Elgin St, Ottawa,ON, K2P 2C4 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Allen Liu --- work" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 2:12 PM Subject: Re: how to initiate amanda amdump ? > On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 at 2:06pm, Allen Liu --- work wrote > > > I ran amcheck -c and got following error msg. the client 'pete' and server > > 'spike' are same machine. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > spike:amanda:/myapp/am/sbin$./amcheck -c fst > > > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > > -------------------------------- > > ERROR: pete: [can not read/write /etc/amandates: No such file or directory] > > Client check: 1 host checked in 1.184 seconds, 1 problem found > > > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1) > > spike:amanda:/myapp/am/sbin$ > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > I can't find where the file 'amandates' is. > > That's because it doesn't exist, which is what amanda is telling you. You > need to 'touch /etc/amandates', and then chown it to the user:group you're > running amanda as. > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University