Is the amanda user part of the group that can read /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7 ?
At 11:44 AM 2/1/2002 -0500, gene, you wrote:
>I made a little more progress. Now I'm getting a permissions problem on
>/export/home (this is all I'm trying to backup until I get it working).
>
>{datadev:root}# su - amanda -c "amcheck Daily"
>Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic February 2000
>Amanda Tape Server Host Check
>-----------------------------
>Holding disk /backup/amanda: 11432812 KB disk space available, that's
>plenty
>NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
>Tape DailySet101 label ok
>NOTE: info dir /var/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
>NOTE: it will be created on the next run
>Server check took 45.687 seconds
>
>Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>--------------------------------
>ERROR: datadev.jamfo.com: [could not access /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
>(/export/home): Permission denied]
>Client check: 1 host checked in 0.087 seconds, 1 problem found
>
>(brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)
>
>
>Permissions on /export/home look ok (all it needs to do is read,
>right?):
>
>drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 512 Jan 30 13:40 /export/home
>
>I'm going to search for a solution for this problem now, but I wanted to
>go ahead and post the progress so nobody wasted any time.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gene
>
>
>
>On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 11:31, gene wrote:
> > I'm having trouble getting past the amcheck in seting up amanda. I
> > compiled as root (config'd with user=amanda, group=backup).
> >
> > Currently I am just trying to get the tape server (Sun E250/Solaris 8)
> > set up and have itself as a client.
> >
> > Pertinent files:
> >
> > /etc/inetd.conf:
> >
> > amanda dgram udp wait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amandad amandad
> > amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amandad
> > amandad
> > amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amidxtaped
> > amidxtaped
> >
> > /etc/services:
> >
> > amanda 10080/udp # AMANDA Backup s/w
> > amandaidx 10082/tcp # AMANDA Backup s/w
> > amidxtape 10083/tcp # AMANDA Backup s/w
> >
> >
> > I created compiled the sample c pgm from the UNIX backup (Oreilly)
> > chapter/secion on Amanda. It's output looks ok:
> >
> > {datadev:amanda}$ a.out amanda udp
> > amanda/udp: 10080
> > {datadev:amanda}$ a.out amandaidx
> > amandaidx/tcp: 10082
> > {datadev:amanda}$ a.out amidxtape
> > amidxtape/tcp: 10083
> >
> > When I run amcheck:
> >
> > {datadev:root}# su - amanda -c "amcheck Daily"
> > Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic February 2000
> > Amanda Tape Server Host Check
> > -----------------------------
> > Holding disk /backup/amanda: 11432812 KB disk space available, that's
> > plenty
> > NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
> > Tape DailySet101 label ok
> > NOTE: info dir /var/amanda/DailySet1/curinfo: does not exist
> > NOTE: it will be created on the next run
> > Server check took 2.419 seconds
> >
> > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> > --------------------------------
> > WARNING: datadev.jamfo.com: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?
> > Client check: 1 host checked in 30.040 seconds, 1 problem found
> >
> > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)
> >
> >
> > I've been through the faq, the O'Reilly backup book, and the docs that
> > come with it. I'm sure I'm overlooking something I should be doing, but
> > I haven't figured it out yet. I'd sure appreciate any guidance if
> > someone would care to give any.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gene
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gene Matthews
> > Matthews Midrange Consulting, Inc.
> > (678) 923-8327
> > (877) 882-6291 (toll free)
> > http://mmc-inc.com
> >
>--
>Gene Matthews
>Matthews Midrange Consulting, Inc.
>(678) 923-8327
>(877) 882-6291 (toll free)
>http://mmc-inc.com
