On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:58, Jeff Portwine wrote: >> Are you 100% sure that you are looking at the correct files? >> And there is no other "amandad" installed somewhere else, which is >> invoked instead? Also, someone else with a similar problem had mixed >> up the hostnames in DNS, resulting in connecting to his test setup >> instead. What is in the debug files on that client (in /tmp/amanda >> usually). > >I double checked and there is only the one amandad installed. > >> e.g. you do have an environment with inetd on the server and xinetd >> on the client. Are you 100% sure that is what is invoked on the >> client? When you replace the /usr/local/lebexec/amandad on the client >> with a little shell script that writes some clear message in a debug >> file, does it invoke that script? As what user? > >When I checked the debug file, it does show the client_logon=root but I >don't know why. I tried replacing amandad with the script you suggested >and this was the output: >Thu Aug 3 06:55:11 EDT 2006 >uid=507(backup) gid=509(backup) groups=509(backup) > PID TTY TIME CMD >13066 ? 00:00:00 amandad >Thu Aug 3 06:55:21 EDT 2006 >uid=507(backup) gid=509(backup) groups=509(backup) > PID TTY TIME CMD >13070 ? 00:00:00 amandad >Thu Aug 3 06:55:32 EDT 2006 >uid=507(backup) gid=509(backup) groups=509(backup) > PID TTY TIME CMD >13075 ? 00:00:00 amandad > >So at that point it does appear to be running amandad as "backup"... but >when it runs the real amandad the debug file shows CLIENT_LOGIN="root" > and I don't know why. > >Thanks, >Jeff
Because of the previous build/install as root, you may have to search the system and nuke anything amanda related, then reinstall. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
