Hi, thanks. I've followed your advise to the point of nslookup, I get a correct reply for the IP, but for the name 'merlin', I get: Server: 192.168.0.1 (which is our DNS server address) Address: 192.168.0.1#53
** server can't find merlin: NXDOMAIN What does this mean/where should I look for problems? Thanks, Trevor. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Scheeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Trevor Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Amrecover:access not allowed. > 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > >
