Amanda-Users

Re: Problem with amrecover

2002-12-19 14:11:27
Subject: Re: Problem with amrecover
From: John Oliver <joliver AT john-oliver DOT net>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:27:10 -0800
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 07:39:48PM -0600, C. Bensend wrote:
> 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.

That's it!  Thanks! :-)

I find myself wondering, though... am I going to have to edit this file
every time I want to back up and restore?  The docs say to have the
amanda username in ./amadahosts, not root.  What's the story there?

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