> What operating system and version? Redhat 5.x, patches are up to date.
> That file isn't even an executable, so I'm not sure what you are doing. > Or did you mean "/etc/init.d/amanda restart"? Sorry, I meant /etc/init.d/xinetd/restart > Is this a new installation or has this worked in the past? Worked in the past. > Most installations set up amanda to run from xinetd. If you use xinetd, > is that working and set up correctly? One common gotcha is in > the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda* file(s), set "disabled" to "no". > > You might check the log files. See the directory specified for logdir > in your amanda.conf. Which ones? > What do you see when you run amdump (as the backup user) from the > terminal? I run it from crontab, not sure I want to start one out of order. I could try it tonight instead of running it through cron if you think it would help. Steve -- Steven J. Backus Computer Specialist University of Utah E-Mail: steven.bac...@utah.edu Genetic Epidemiology Alternate: bac...@math.utah.edu 391 Chipeta Way -- Suite D Office: 801.587.9308 Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1266 http://www.math.utah.edu/~backus