-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Bijnens wrote:
> Maybe the "password" contains some invalid characters (valid for > Windows, but not valid for the parser that parses the file above), > like a space or a percent sign? The password in /etc/amandpass only contains alpha characters in the range a..z. > Whatever I try, amcheck also fails when I mess up the > /etc/amandapass file. What is the complete output of "amcheck"? The output received from the amcheck operation last night is:- Amanda Tape Server Host Check - ----------------------------- Holding disk /var/tmp: 109825264 kB disk space available, that's plenty amcheck-server: slot 15: date X label gandalf15 (new tape) NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Tape gandalf15 label ok NOTE: info dir /var/lib/amanda/gandalf/curinfo/bilbo.stow-jones.local/__gandalf_DocSetts: does not exist NOTE: it will be created on the next run. Server check took 0.218 seconds Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check - -------------------------------- ERROR: bilbo.stow-jones.local: [samba access error: //gandalf/DocSetts: Error connecting to 192.168.0.2 (Permission denied): Connection to gandalf failed: returned 1] Client check: 1 host checked in 0.259 seconds, 1 problem found (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.5) ... and the log output in /var/log/amanda/selfcheck.20051014030101.debug selfcheck: debug 1 pid 15314 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Fri Oct 14 03:01:01 2005 /usr/lib/amanda/selfcheck: version 2.4.5 selfcheck: time 0.000: checking disk //gandalf/DocSetts selfcheck: time 0.041: spawning /usr/bin/smbclient in pipeline selfcheck: argument list: smbclient \\gandalf\DocSetts -U chris -E -W TELESPAN -c quit selfcheck: time 0.219: samba access error: //gandalf/DocSetts: Error connecting to 192.168.0.2 (Permission denied): Connection to gandalf failed: returned 1 selfcheck: time 0.220: pid 15314 finish time Fri Oct 14 03:01:01 2005 final section of /var/log/amanda/amandad.20051014031101000.debug amandad: time 1202.032: sending REP packet: - ---- Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 000-48E40F08 SEQ 1129255862 OPTIONS features=fffffeff9ffe7f; //gandalf/DocSetts 0 SIZE -1 - ---- amandad: time 1212.030: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 1212.030: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 1222.028: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 1222.028: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 1232.026: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 1232.026: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 1242.024: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 1242.024: waiting for ack: timeout, retrying amandad: time 1252.021: dgram_recv: timeout after 10 seconds amandad: time 1252.021: waiting for ack: timeout, giving up! amandad: time 1252.021: pid 15443 finish time Fri Oct 14 03:31:53 2005 ...and finally, /var/log/amanda/sendsize.20051014031101.debug sendsize: debug 1 pid 15462 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Fri Oct 14 03:11:01 2005 sendsize: version 2.4.5 sendsize[15800]: time 1201.915: calculating for amname '//gandalf/DocSetts', dirname '//gandalf/DocSetts', spindle -1 sendsize[15800]: time 1201.915: getting size via smbclient for //gandalf/DocSetts level 0 sendsize[15800]: time 1201.915: spawning /usr/bin/smbclient in pipeline sendsize[15800]: argument list: smbclient \\gandalf\DocSetts -d 0 -U chris -E -W TELESPAN -c "archive 0;recurse;du" sendsize[15462]: time 1201.919: waiting for any estimate child: 1 running sendsize[15800]: time 1201.957: Connection to gandalf failed sendsize[15800]: time 1201.958: ..... sendsize[15800]: estimate time for //gandalf/DocSetts level 0: 0.042 sendsize[15800]: no size line match in /usr/bin/smbclient output for "//gandalf/DocSetts" sendsize[15800]: ..... sendsize[15800]: estimate size for //gandalf/DocSetts level 0: -1 KB sendsize[15800]: time 1201.958: waiting for /usr/bin/smbclient "//gandalf/DocSetts" child sendsize[15800]: time 1201.958: after /usr/bin/smbclient "//gandalf/DocSetts" wait sendsize[15800]: time 1201.958: done with amname '//gandalf/DocSetts', dirname '//gandalf/DocSetts', spindle -1 sendsize[15462]: time 1201.958: child 15800 terminated normally sendsize: time 1201.958: pid 15462 finish time Fri Oct 14 03:31:03 2005 - -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] He's back. And this time he's got a chainsaw. - Al Viro announcing per-process namespaces on lkml -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDT/YZ6X9KqRmbBqERAnTiAKCOf8B8z0lxJe95SMgmncPcSYgF2QCeNPh9 Hj4BVhjlNbOxBK2WY46Br2M= =iyLr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----