On Tuesday 16 July 2002 08:40, Trevor Fraser wrote: >-I am running as root who is the dump user. >-I've abled (disable = no) the amanda services.(amanda, amandaidx > & amidxtape) >
None of this will run as root, but must be run as user amanda (or whatever name you gave it when it was configured) >----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 12:58 PM >Subject: Amcheck: acess denied > >> 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? >> >> Reguards, >> Trevor. -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.06% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
