--On Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:33:01 -0500 Larry Dunham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know I've seen this issue here thousand times but I've tried everything I
> have been able to find, to no avail. When running amcheck as the backup
> user I'm getting the classic "access to [problemhost] not allowed from
> [backupuser@problemhost]"
>
> This Amanda installation also backs up remote machines with no problem; it
> just won't access the local machine to back itself up.
>
> Things I've Checked:
> 1) .amandahosts permissions are set to -rw-------
> 2) .amandahosts is owned by the backup user
> 3) .amandahosts has entries
> [problemhost] [root]
> [problemhost] [backupuser]
>
> 4) the machine is listed in the disklist file (obviously, or it wouldn't
> generate the error)
> 5) xinetd.d has an 'amanda' file with the correct backup user shown
> 6) all of the executables in /usr/local/sbin are owned by the backup user
> (except amcheck which is owned by root)
> 7) all of the executables in /usr/local/sbin have permissions rwxr-xr-x
> (except amcheck which is rwsr-xr-x)
>
> By the way we also have another Amanda server backing up itself and some
> remote machines, and it works fine, and all the above things (except host
> names, of course) are identical to the machine that works ok. What am I
> missing?
>
> Larry Dunham
Since it all looks correct, I'll suggest two things you've probably already
checked:
Does your .amandahosts entry match 'exactly' what is in the 'not allowed from
[backupuser@problemhost]' error? I have seen a few (incorrectly) set up
hosts trying 'backupuser@host' instead of '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' and
failing. To amanda, 'host' is not the same as 'host.fq.dn'.
Is it in backupuser's home directory? Not likely to be wrong, but if you
have a multi-platform shop (with some homes in /home/user and others in
/export/home/user, for example), and you move things between platforms,
it is possible to forget and put something in the wrong place.
Frank
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