Hi, your .amandahosts has to read admin.jhuccp.org amanda admin.jhuccp.org root
no more, no less, first line is for backup, second for restore hope it helps Christoph KEVIN ZEMBOWER schrieb: > > Thank you to all the generous folks who have given me suggestions. > Unfortunately, I still can't get it to work. I still get the same error > massage with "[access as amanda not allowed from > [EMAIL PROTECTED]]". > > Here's some clarification on my system. I'm trying to backup the > tapeserver. My tape is on a machine called admin.jhuccp.org. The userID > for both client and server is "amanda", group is "disk". > > I've tried all these variations in the /home/amanda/.amandahosts and > /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts files (one at a time; the comments are how > I kept track of what I tried): > admin:/home/amanda # cat .amandahosts > #admin.jhuccp.org amanda.admin.jhuccp.org > #admin amanda.admin.jhuccp.org > admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > #admin amanda > #admin.jhuccp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] > admin:/home/amanda # > > Both files are owned by amanda:disk and have 0600 permissions. > > As an aside, is it still necessary to have both > /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts and /home/amanda/.amandahosts files? Do > they have to be the same? > > My /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services were patched by 'patch-system': > admin:/home/amanda # grep amanda /etc/services > amanda 10080/udp > amanda 10080/tcp > kamanda 10081/udp > amandaidx 10082/tcp > admin:/home/amanda # grep amanda /etc/inetd.conf > # amanda backup server with indexing capabilities > # amandaidx stream tcp nowait root > /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd amindexd > # amidxtape stream tcp nowait root > /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped amidxtaped > # amanda backup client > # amanda dgram udp wait amanda /usr/lib/amanda/amandad > amandad > amanda dgram udp wait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amandad > amandad > amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amindexd > amindexd > amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amidxtaped > amidxtaped > admin:/home/amanda # > > Any additional suggestions? > > Thanks for continuing to think about this. > > -Kevin Zembower > > ----- > E. Kevin Zembower > Unix Administrator > Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 > Baltimore, MD 21202 > 410-659-6139 > > >>> Ana Maria Escalante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/10/01 08:32PM > >>> > Hi Kevin: > I am not sure if I understood everything from your message, but it > is > not clear to me, which user will be doing the backups from the server > (amanda is the default user) and whether your client machine is the > same > as your server. > You must have a .amandahosts file in the client amanda home > directory, that gives access to amanda user from the server machine. > In my setup, my backup admin acount is amanda, my server is > server.domain.mx and my client is client.domain.mx. I have an > .amandahosts > file in amanda s home directory in the client with the following > line: > > server.domain.mx amanda > > You will also need an .amandahosts file in the server s amanda > s home > directory, with the client machines name and root as the authorized > user, > in order to recover from the clients, but that is another story. > If you have a .rhosts file in your clients amanda s home > directory, > it must have this same line. I have heard about it :) > Hope this helps. Good luck ... Ana Maria > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote: > > > I'm trying to get my first setup of amanda working. Running amcheck > > gives me: > > admin:/home/amanda # su amanda -c "/usr/local/sbin/amcheck > DailySet1" > > Amanda Tape Server Host Check > > ----------------------------- > > Holding disk /var/amanda: 5807968 KB disk space available, that's > > plenty > > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test > > Tape DailySet101 label ok > > NOTE: info dir /var/log/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo/admin/sdb1: does > not > > exist > > NOTE: info dir /var/log/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo/admin/sda1: does > not > > exist > > NOTE: info dir /var/log/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo/admin/sda3: does > not > > exist > > Server check took 16.516 seconds > > > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > > -------------------------------- > > ERROR: admin: [access as amanda not allowed from > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] amandahostsauth failed > > Client check: 1 host checked in 0.029 seconds, 1 problem found > > > > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.3b1) > > admin:/home/amanda # > > > > Yet, I have a .amandahosts file with what I think are the proper > > contents and permissions: > > admin:/home/amanda # ll /home/amanda/.amandahosts > > -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda disk 30 Dec 10 16:36 > > /home/amanda/.amandahosts > > admin:/home/amanda # cat /home/amanda/.amandahosts > > admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > admin:/home/amanda # > > > > I'm stumped. I've tried or checked all the suggestions in the > > FAQ-a-matic for this topic. It's probably something simple, that I > don't > > see because I'm new to amanda. Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > -Kevin Zembower > > > > ----- > > E. Kevin Zembower > > Unix Administrator > > Johns Hopkins University/Center for Communications Programs > > 111 Market Place, Suite 310 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > 410-659-6139 > >
