>># amrestore -s tserv.meridian-ds.com -t tserv.meridian-ds.com -d
/dev/nst0
>>AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on tserv.meridian-ds.com ...
>>amrecover: Unexpected server end of file.
>>
>>the /tmp/amanda/amrecover.2002<datestuff>.debug file contains.
>>...
>
>What's in /tmp/amanda/amindexd*debug on tserv.meridian-ds.com?
>
amindexd: debug 1 pid 28366 ruid 33 euid 33 start time Thu Jan 24 16:29:08
2002
amindexd: version 2.4.2p2
gethostbyaddr: Success
amindexd: pid 28366 finish time Thu Jan 24 16:29:08 2002
>>RH 7.2 is using /etc/xinetd.d for inetd configuration.
>
>What's the amindexd config file look like? In particular, make sure
>you do *not* have a "server args" (or whatever it's called) entry.
>
couldn't find amindexd... at least not in refernce to /etc/xinetd.d
so... assuming you meant one of the files in /etc/xinetd.d
in all cases, there server args thingie (very technical term) doesn't seem
to be there.
# default: off
# description: The client for the Amanda backup system.\
# This must be on for systems being backed up\
# by Amanda.
service amanda
{
disable = no
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = amanda
group = disk
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
}
# default: off
#
# description: Part of the Amanda server package
service amandaidx
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = amanda
group = disk
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
}
# default: off
#
# description: Part of the amanda server package
#
service amidxtape
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = amanda
group = disk
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped
}
>>tried to find archives to look through... latest I could find on ftp site
>>ended in 1999.
>
>Look toward the bottom of the Amanda web page (www.amanda.org). It refers
>you to the searchable E*groups (Yahoo) mailing list archive.
>
I'll look there... thanks
>>Kurt L Vanderwater
>
>John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
