After years of recomending to people that they build amanda from source, instead of trying to us the Debian packages, I find myslef trying to do just that.
So, how is this suposed to work? I'm failing like this: amandad: debug 1 pid 16259 ruid 34 euid 34 start time Sun Feb 3 13:35:48 2002 amandad: version 2.4.2p2 amandad: build: VERSION="Amanda-2.4.2p2" amandad: BUILT_DATE="Wed Nov 14 22:33:37 MST 2001" amandad: BUILT_MACH="Linux rover 2.4.9 #1 Wed Sep 5 01:09:52 MDT 2001 i686 unknown" amandad: CC="gcc" amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/sbin" sbindir="/usr/sbin" amandad: libexecdir="/usr/lib/amanda" mandir="/usr/share/man" amandad: AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda" amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/" amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" DUMP="/sbin/dump" amandad: RESTORE="/sbin/restore" SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient" amandad: GNUTAR="/bin/tar" COMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" amandad: UNCOMPRESS_PATH="/bin/gzip" MAILER="/usr/bin/Mail" amandad: listed_incr_dir="/var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists" amandad: defs: DEFAULT_SERVER="localhost" DEFAULT_CONFIG="DailySet1" amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_SERVER="localhost" amandad: DEFAULT_TAPE_DEVICE="/dev/null" HAVE_MMAP HAVE_SYSVSHM amandad: LOCKING=POSIX_FCNTL SETPGRP_VOID DEBUG_CODE amandad: AMANDA_DEBUG_DAYS=4 BSD_SECURITY USE_AMANDAHOSTS amandad: CLIENT_LOGIN="backup" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP amandad: COMPRESS_SUFFIX=".gz" COMPRESS_FAST_OPT="--fast" amandad: COMPRESS_BEST_OPT="--best" UNCOMPRESS_OPT="-dc" got packet: -------- Amanda 2.4 REQ HANDLE 008-40020518 SEQ 1012761342 SECURITY USER amanda SERVICE selfcheck OPTIONS ; DUMP rd2d 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP rd2a 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP rd1a 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP rd0d 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;srvcomp-best;index; DUMP rd0a 0 OPTIONS |;bsd-auth;srvcomp-best;index; -------- sending ack: ---- Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 008-40020518 SEQ 1012761342 ---- bsd security: remote host kodiak.fas.com user amanda local user backup check failed: [access as backup not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed amandad: sending REP packet: ---- Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 008-40020518 SEQ 1012761342 ERROR [access as backup not allowed from [EMAIL PROTECTED] amandahostsauth failed ---- amandad: got packet: ---- Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 008-40020518 SEQ 1012761342 ---- amandad: pid 16259 finish time Sun Feb 3 13:35:48 2002 So I looked, and see that user backup, whch is aparantly what teh Amanda package is built with as it's user has a home of /var/backups. Looking there .amandahosts is a link to /etc/amandahosts, whch is owned by user backup. So I put the following in there: localhost backup +stan +root kodiak kodiak.fas.com kodiak root kodiak.fas.com root kodiak backup kodiak.fas.com backup kodiak is the tapehost. But it still fails in exactly the same way. Before I dlete the packge, and build it form source, I thought I would ask how it's supposed to work. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin