hello John & all,
>
> >my xinetd.conf for amandaidx & amidxtape is:
> >
> >service amandaidx
> >{
> >...
> > server = /usr/local/amanda/libexec/amindexd
> > server_args = amindexd
> >}
>
> I don't think you want any server_args. Note:
>
> >xinetd state-dump gives:
> >
> >Service = amandaidx
> >...
> > Server = /usr/local/amanda/libexec/amindexd
> > Server argv = amindexd amindexd
>
> See the two "amindexd" entries? That looks to me like it's confusing
> amindexd into thinking you want it to work with a configuration named
> "amindexd".
>
absolutely! I sometime get blind, I guess ;)
it now works fine without "server_args" keyword into xinetd.conf
thanks to Martin, Gerhard & you for help,
Pierre.