Hi, first off all you'll have to find where amrecover/amidxd gets the strange name from.
1.) what result gives the command "hostname"? it should be merlin or your FQDN. 2.) your /etc/hosts should have the folowing two lines belonging to your computer: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.2 merlin.systematic.lan merlin if the first line contains other values: they are bad, so fix it. next do a nslookup on your hostname and your ip-adress. the results should be consistant, if not, fix your dns Christoph Trevor Fraser wrote: > Thank for the info. /etc/hosts looks fine: > *amongst other entries* > 192.168.0.2 merlin.systematic.lan merlin > One question: How do I fix the name service to show the correct name for > this box, is this the named? > Thanks, Trevor. > p.s. I did add localhost.localdomain root to the .amandahosts file, no > change yet. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christoph Scheeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Trevor Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:36 AM > Subject: Re: Amrecover:access not allowed. > > > >>hi, >>for an unknown reason amrecover conects to your server with the name >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>two solution's are possible: >>1.)you'll have to fix your /etc/host or nameservice to >> show the correct hostname for this box or >>2.)add the line >> localhost.localdomain root >> to your .amandahosts file. >> >>i would suggest the 1st solution as your broken nameservices/hosts >>probably will bite you again in the future. >>Christoph >> >>Trevor Fraser wrote: >> >> >>>Hello all. >>> >>> >>> >>>Last night my boss gave me a test to see if I can recover lost files >>>before copying everything from his computer to our amanda server( I know >>>we could backup his computer too, but we've chosen to use samba to store >>>files on a share here and backup this share). Anyway, so I couldn't do >>>it, and obviously he isn't impressed. >>> >>> >>> >>>Anyway, the problem comes when I try 'amrecover' from the / directory. >>>The error is: >>> >>> >>> >>>[root@merlin /]# amrecover >>> >>>AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on localhost . . . >>> >>>220 merlin AMANDA index server (2.4.2p2) ready. >>> >>>500 Access not allowed: [ access as amanda not allowed from >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] >>>amandahostsauth failed >>> >>>[ root@merlin /]# >>> >>> >>> >>>My amanda dumpuser is root, and in amanda, amandaidx and amidxtape are >>>user = amanda. >>> >>>My .amandahost looks like this: >>> >>> >>> >>>merlin.systematic.lan root >>> >>>merlin.systematic.lan amanda >>> >>>localhost.localdomain amanda >>> >>> >>> >>>The file belong to root:root and has read and write privileges for the >>>user owner only. >>> >>> >>> >>>I've read the FAQ's and saw a similar problem, but with regard to >>>amcheck. I can amcheck and amdump fine. What is the next step in >>>troubleshooting? >>> >>> >>> >>>Thanks, Trevor. >>> >>> >>> >>> >
