I tried that, didn't work. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Trevor. ----- Original Message ----- From: Christoph Scheeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Trevor Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Amcheck: acess denied
> > > Trevor Fraser wrote: > > > Hello all. > > > > I've been through this problem before, I just can't remember hoe I fixed it. > > I've reinstalled RH 7.3 and copied the conf files onto the new installation. > > When I run amcheck, I get the error: > > > > ERROR: merlin: [access as amanda not allowed from root@merlin] > > amandahostsauth failed > > > > I've followed the installation guide and the docs say the .amandahosts file > > isn't configured properly or the inetd configuration file must have the > > wrong user name, I don't find such a file.. I've tried changing permissions > > (full permissions) on the .amandahosts file, but no luck. The file reads: > > > > merlin.systematic.lan root > > merlin.systematic.lan amanda > > > > What am I not doing? > > > two things: > 1.) run amcheck as user amanda, but that's not your real problem, > it's the folowing: > 2.) the hostname in .amandahosts has to be exactly the name amcheck > complains about in the errormessage, in your case only "merlin", > > Christoph > > > > > Reguards, > > Trevor. > > > > >
