Are backup and localhost different machines? 

On Thursday 27 March 2003 10:17 pm, Bartho Saaiman wrote:
> Hi All :)
> 
> I am trying to restore from a tape using amrecover. If I use
> amrecover DailyBackup it says:
>  > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on localhost ...
>  > amrecover: cannot connect to localhost: Connection refused
> 
> If I use the -s backup and/or -t backup I also get the same:
>  > AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on backup ...
>  > amrecover: cannot connect to backup: Connection refused
> 
> I previously had a similar problem and rectified this by editing the
> /var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts and added localhost root to the file. 
Tried 
> this as I am running amrecover as root but still could not fix it.
> 
> Any suggestions on what I am missing??
> 
> -- 
> # Bartho Saaiman
> # Network Administrator
> # Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering
> # Tel :: 27 21 882 8820 x 215
> # Email :: bartho @ cae.co.za
> 
> 

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