On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 04:49:28PM -0800, John Oliver wrote:
> [root@backup DailySet1]# amrecover
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on localhost ...
> 220 backup AMANDA index server (2.4.2p2) ready.
> 500 Access not allowed: [access as amanda not allowed from
> root@localhost] amandahostsauth failed
> 
> [root@backup DailySet1]# uname -a
> Linux backup.indyme.local 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 12:13:11 EDT 2002 i686
> athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> [root@backup DailySet1]# cat /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts
> backup root
> backup.indyme.local root

Hey John,

        Notice that the error message didn't say:

[access as amanda not allowed from root@backup]

or

[access as amanda not allowed from [email protected]] ?

        I'd put my bet on you needing a line for localhost in your
.amandahosts file as well.

HTH!

Benny


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