On Jul 18, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:
> backup user on the server is amanda, but neither client machine even has > an amanda (or backup) user. Presumably its backup:backup on the clients. > The /var/backups/.amandahosts files were different, so I made the failing > machine match the working machines version, no change, made the one in > /etc match, again no change. Neither file had amindexd listed, added that > to each, one at a time, no change. Well, whatever you have as the username (I use operator and group=root) you need to have a user by that name. It can be no-login but it has to be there. Does the client have any /tmp/amanda log files? Certain such log files contain the configured params at the top. That would tell you what the backup user is supposed to be. grep for CLIENT_LOGIN Or did I miss you saying that you HAD created an account on the client node? Deb
