Hi,
Trevor Fraser wrote:
> 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
^^^
are these 3 characters realy displayed ?
Strange
> ** server can't find merlin: NXDOMAIN
NXDOMAIN is an abrevation for "non-existent host/domain"
there seems to be something wrong with the forward-mapping for
merlin on your nameserver. Do you have acces to this server?
and can you take a look at the zonefiles of named?
they should reside somewhere in /etc/bind or /var/named.
Christoph
> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
