On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, bao wrote:

> I found it.
> The installation set the user of amandaidx and amidxtape to amanda, but
> I dont know why Amanda requires root to run it, which conflicts with the 
>   default setting.

Amanda run amandaidx and amidxtape under the user amanda.
but it s the server part
amrecover is the client part and then should run under the identity of 
root.


> 
> bao wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've configured tapeless backup, and trying to verify the data by 
> > running amrecover. It says "Connection refused"
> > I had port in /etc/services, and xinetd enabled; and also an entry
> > lnx200.gibbons.com        root
> > in .amandahosts
> > 
> > Server is itself client, and recovery is done on it.
> > 
> > Here's the complete message (Amanda 2.4.3)
> > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.3. Contacting server on lnx200.gibbons.com ...
> > amrecover: cannot connect to lnx200.gibbons.com: Connection refused
> > 
> > 
> > Can anyone help me resolve this?
> > Thanks,
> 
> 
> 

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