hi. i am messing around with amanda tryin to get it working. and am unsure why i recieve this error message:
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- ERROR: mail-wa2: [can not access /dev/hda7 (hda7): Permission denied] ERROR: mail-wa2: [can not access /dev/md0 (md0): Permission denied] Client check: 1 host checked in 0.092 seconds, 2 problems found. (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.1p1) my disklist shows: mail-wa2 md0 always-full mail-wa2 hda6 comp-root-tar mail-wa2 hda7 comp-user i checked the permissions, /dev/md0 and hda7 have the same permissions as hda6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /dev/hda6 /dev/md0 /dev/hda7 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 6 Nov 30 07:22 /dev/hda6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 7 Nov 30 07:22 /dev/hda7 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Dec 11 21:03 /dev/md0 permissions seem to be ok? : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ id uid=34(backup) gid=34(backup) groups=34(backup),6(disk),26(tape) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/dump -S /dev/hda6 35379200 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/dump -S /dev/hda7 270146560 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/dump -S /dev/md0 1456024576 can't figure out why it can access /dev/hda6(mounted as /) but not able to access /dev/hda7(mounted as /usr) or /dev/md0(mounted as /var/spool) running debian 2.2r2 on both systems. apt-get'd amanda this afternoon. this is my first time playing with amanda, if you need more info lemme know. thanks nate
