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.

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