I ran into the same problem. I believe the answer was in Amanda FAQ @ http://www.amanda.org/docs/faq.html
Jim Scheuerman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ddaasd Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:18 AM To: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: amandahostsauth failed The problem was amandaidx from xinetd. Now the error message looks like: (root)#amrecover -C myconfig -s 192.168.0.2 AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p1. Contacting server on 192.168.0.2 ... 220 backup AMANDA index server (2.4.4p2) ready. 500 Access not allowed: [access as amanda not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed :( <>Hi list, <>I am stuck with amrecover. <>I want to recover data from my tapes. <>On the backed up client (the host from the disklist file) I run amrestore. <>I get the following error message: <> <>AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p1. Contacting server on localhost ... <>amrecover: cannot connect to localhost: Connection refused <> <>I also tried #amrecover -C myconfig -s IP_OF_THE_BACKUP_SERVER <> <>I receive the same message. <> <>How can I restore my backups? What do I do wrong? <> <> <>ddaas