>... I'm also getting this cryptic message from amcheck:
>
>Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>--------------------------------
>ERROR: running as user "tape" instead of "root"
This says you ran amcheck as "tape" but "dumpuser" in amanda.conf is
set to "root". Shouldn't it be set to "tape"?
>ERROR: net-cf9a5410: [access as tape not allowed from root@net-cf9a5425]
First of all, this line "speaks the truth" about host names. In other
words, host "net-cf9a5410" got a request from an IP that it mapped back
to "net-cf9a5425". Whatever "net-cf9a5425" thinks about itself does
not matter.
And it also (in theory) tells you exactly what to put in your
.amandahosts, which you appear to have done.
Some other things to look at. Is the access time ("ls -lu") on your
.amandahosts changing when you run amcheck? If not, then we're not even
getting to the file.
Next, "grep USE_AMANDAHOSTS" in a recent /tmp/amanda/amandad*debug file
on net-cf9a5410 and make sure that client was set up to use .amandahosts.
Next, you didn't mention what version of Amanda you're using, but the
amandad*debug file *may* contain a little more information about why
it refused the connection -- the latest Amanda versions do a little
more logging.
Finally, on that client:
cd common-src
make security
then run ./security **as tape** and answer the remote host questions
with the exact same text as was in the message. It should trace the
actions in more detail and hopefully give some more information.
>Jeremy Wadsack
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
