At 11:27 PM 26/09/02 -0500, you wrote: >--On Friday, September 27, 2002 13:48:20 +1000 Guy Waugh ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I've been trying to get amanda 2.4.2p2 to back up the host that amanda > is running on...
<snip> >Shouldn't these processes be started as your backup user and not root? Hi Frank, I compiled amanda using '--with-user=root' and '--with-group=root', so it should be OK...? >Did you HUP inetd after changing inetd.conf? Yes, I even stopped and started it just in case... >Is your .amandahosts file in the right place and does it have the correct >ownership/permissions? I compiled it using '--without-amandahosts', so I'm using .rhosts, and I can rsh to the machine from the machine successfully... >Also, are you running ipchains/iptables/tcpwrappers or something else >that might be blocking connections? Al Horn suggested that it sounded to him like a network or loopback problem, and it does look like that... I've checked ipchains and tcpwrappers, and they aren't blocking anything... Cheers, Guy. >Frank > >-- >Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 >Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
