It was the shell access. It was there but not spelled correctly. adjusted the spelling and it worked great.
Thanks for your help. I did the flush and last nights tape check went fine. Thank's again for your help. -- Tom Spencer, Technical Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================ � 1995-1999 Northumbria EAGLE PO Box 220 26 Chapel Street Cobourg, ON Canada K9A 4K5 ph: (905) 373-9313 fax:(905) 373-1801 "Dan Debertin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > tom writes: > > > > I try and login as amanda and I get this error message " This account is > > currently not available." > > > > How do I make the amanda account available so I can do the flush? > > Sounds like you're using FreeBSD, or another Unix that defaults the > shell to a "nologin" script. > > You just need to change amanda's shell (the last field in /etc/passwd) > to something valid, like /bin/sh or similar. The command is, depending > on your OS: > > chsh > usermod > vipw # if the above two don't work > vi /etc/passwd # last resort > > > Dan > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.nodewarrior.org > ignorami: n: > The art of folding problem users into representational shapes. > >
