Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> --On Tuesday, May 11, 2004 17:22:28 +0100 Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have successfully installed and configured Amanda, and amcheck runs > > successfully, as does amdump. > > > > However, amrecover (running as root) fails, with the message "cannot > > connect to tony-lx.magpieway.net: connection refused" > > > > .amandahosts contains tony-lx.magpieway.net, which is the localhost, as > > well as the tape server, which user amanda can happily access to do the > > backups. > > > > Evidently this is a permissions problem with root, but can anyone point > > me in the right direction to fix it? Runnig Mandrake 9.1. > > Do you have amindexd and amidxtaped configured in (x)inetd on the tape > server? They aren't needed for backups, but are for restores. > 'connection refused' usually indicates a service isn't running, or > possibly firewall problems, .amandahosts problems generally give you an > 'access as foo not allowed..' message. > Thanks, Frank, for the suggestion. I didn't have them configured, so I have done so. Have you any reference to these services in the documentation? I have assumed they are datagram services. Unfortunately, it has not had the desired effect :-( Cheers, -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire England
