Trevor Fraser wrote:
> 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.
Trevor
What do the debug files say in /tmp/amanda on both the client and server?
--
Martin
