I tried Jean-Louis's suggestion: " fiume:~ # amrecover -oauth=bsdtcp AMRECOVER Version 2.5.2p1. Contacting server on localhost ... [request failed: recv error: Connection reset by peer] "
the reply is different now and instantaneous. So I checked a bit further and my amanda-conf file did have the auth = "bsdtcp line already in. So after some more trials I did: " fiume:~ # amrecover daily AMRECOVER Version 2.5.2p1. Contacting server on fiume.localnet ... 220 fiume AMANDA index server (2.5.2p1) ready. Setting restore date to today (2007-11-27) ..... " and netstat -taunp | grep :1008 show the established connections. So, it was the "daily" argument that was missing and did the trick. My problem is solved, thanks. I am still a bit puzzled what the line: " conf "daily" # your config name " means in my amanda-conf file. Would that not set "daily" as the default? Again, thanks for the various replies. Regards, Charles On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:13:33 -0500 Jean-Louis Martineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > your amanda service is configured for bsdtcp auth, which auth are you > using in amrecover, the default is 'bsd', you can set it in > amanda-client.conf or using '-oauth=bsdtcp' as argument to amrecover. > > Jean-Louis > > Charles Stroom wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > today I tried to restore a couple of files, but amrecover failed to > > connect to the index server (I believe). This is on my server PC > > fiume: " > > fiume:~ # amrecover -s fiume > > AMRECOVER Version 2.5.2p1. Contacting server on fiume ... > > [request failed: timeout waiting for ACK] > > " > > Backups work perfectly with user amandabackup (this is the > > precompiled Opensuse 10.2 version). Amrecover was done as root. > > > > Has this anything to do with the 3 files in the xinet.d directory > > amanda, amandaidx, amidxtape? Must a user root added somewhere? > > > > Their contents is: > > ------------------------------- > > amanda > > ------------------------------- > > # description: amanda backup services > > > > service amanda > > { > > only_from = fiume.localnet stremen.localnet > > socket_type = stream > > protocol = tcp > > wait = no > > user = amandabackup > > group = disk > > groups = yes > > server = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad > > server_args = -auth=bsdtcp amdump amindexd amidxtaped > > disable = no > > } > > > > -------------------------------- > > amandaidx > > -------------------------------- > > service amandaidx > > { > > socket_type = stream > > protocol = tcp > > wait = no > > user = amandabackup > > group = disk > > groups = yes > > server = /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd > > } > > > > -------------------------------- > > amidxtape > > -------------------------------- > > # $Id: amidxtape,v 1.3 2006/08/04 19:45:50 root Exp $ > > # > > service amidxtape > > { > > socket_type = stream > > protocol = tcp > > wait = no > > user = amandabackup > > group = disk > > groups = yes > > server = /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped > > } > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > Any help is appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > > -- Charles Stroom email: charles at no-spam.stremen.xs4all.nl (remove the "no-spam.")