Amanda-Users

Re: Permissions wrong - amcheck -m error - Can't create transcript fi le ./xfh54EUCZ09037: Permission denied

2003-06-04 11:35:47
Subject: Re: Permissions wrong - amcheck -m error - Can't create transcript fi le ./xfh54EUCZ09037: Permission denied
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: "Amanda (E-mail)" <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:32:06 -0400
On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:39:23PM +0100, Kevin Passey wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had some problems with my RH7.2 amanda server - the backup runs ok but
> when I run amcheck I get this.
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> Client check: 1 host checked in 3.996 seconds, 0 problems found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)
> bash-2.05$ /usr/sbin/amcheck kdp -m
> bash-2.05$ Can't create transcript file ./xfh54EUCZ09037: Permission denied 
> 
> Can anybody tell me where my permissions are wrong or where amanda is trying
> to create this file.

If you are sure that is the error message, it seems to be coming from
a command called by amanda, not from the amanda code.  I did a grep of
the source for the word 'transcript' and it appears only once, in a comment.

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