On Thursday 06 January 2005 21:25, David Newman wrote: >Greetings. I have installed Amanda on two FreeBSD 5.2.1 boxes, Host > A and Host B. Host A is the Amanda server, and has the > amanda-server package installed from ports. Host B has the > amanda-client package. I've added a couple of Host B's partitions > in Host A's disklist. > >I'm getting this error in the nightly Amanda reports: > >hostb /usr/home lev 0 FAILED [disk /usr/home, all estimate failed] >hostb /var lev 0 FAILED [disk /var, all estimate failed] > >The backups on host A are working fine. On the client (host B) I've >followed the directions here: > >http://amanda.sourceforge.net/docs/install.html#id2539781 > >There is no firewall or other external impediment between the two > boxes. > >Both boxes run amanda as user "operator" which by default in FreeBSD > has no home directory. I have placed identical .amandahosts files > in the root directory of both boxes. > >Any clues as to why backups of Host B are failing? > >thanks > >dn
Are there any logs being generated on host B from amanda's activities? You may have to change the operator to a user with a valid home dir. I've always, from day one, had a user amanda, who was a member of group disk. And is host B using inetd or xinetd? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.31% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
