>ERROR: 7.1box: [can not access /dev/sdd1 (sdd1): Permission denied]
>...
>service amanda
>{
> socket_type = dgram
> protocol = udp
> wait = yes
> user = ambackup
> server = /usr/local/libexec/amandad
> disable = no
>}
Your missing "groups = yes", which will run amandad in all the groups
you have it associated with in /etc/groups, not just the primary group
in /etc/passwd. My guess is you tried to give access to the devices
(and /etc/dumpdates) by group membership, which is perfectly reasonable,
but the xinetd folks screwed you up.
>-Aaron
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]