On 27 Apr at 12:17 Jean-Louis Martineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > On 25 Apr at 13:22 "Stefan G. Weichinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > > message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > > > Tony van der Hoff schrieb: >>> > > > > Using Amanda 2.5.1p1 under Debian Etch, my backups work fine, and I > > > > can recover partitions from tape using dd, etc. >>>> > > > > However: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo amrecover HomeDumps AMRECOVER Version > > > > 2.5.1p1. Contacting server on localhost ... NAK: amindexd: invalid > > > > service >>>> > > > > What does this message mean, and how to fix this? >>>> > > > I think it means that you haven't read the docs on how to configure > > > (x)inetd correctly. >>> > > > http://www.amanda.org/docs/install.html#id325457 >>> >>> >>> > > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Quick_start#Configuring_xinetd_on_the_server >> > > > Stefan >>> >>> > > Thanks for taking an interest, Stefan; that's what I thought, too. I > > wish it were that simple. Maybe I'm missing something, but what is wrong > > with this (3 seperate files, each with the same name as the service): >> > > # default: on # description: The amanda service service amanda { disable > > = no socket_type = dgram protocol = udp wait = yes > > user = backup > > group = backup groups = yes server = > > /usr/lib/amanda/amandad >> > add: server_args = -auth=bsd amdump amindexd amidxtaped > > } Um, unfortunately the bit where I said the amanda service was running fine (I can create perfect backups) got snipped at some stage. It is the amindexd sevice that's failing to start. Anyway, I tried that, without success, I'm afraid. Thanks for the suggestion, though. >> >> > > #default: on # description: The amanda index service service amandaidx { > > disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp > > wait = no user = > > backup group = backup groups = yes server > > = /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd > > } >> > > #default: on # description: The amanda tape service service amidxtape { > > disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp > > wait = no user = > > backup group = backup groups = yes server > > = > > /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped } >> >> > > Oh, and all those paths are valid. >> >> > -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire, England