Next Step
Add the following line in the file ~amanda/.amandahosts 
(/var/lib/amanda/.amandahosts)

fmserver amanda

The file should already have entries for 
localhost amanda
localhost.localdomain amanda

If not please add them.


> >    Pay special attention to typos in inetd.conf; 
> 
> I've edited /etc/xinetd.d/amanda, then I restarted xinetd. Now 

Let's hope it remains on! I suspect that using chkconfig keeps a system 
status on each server..

> the problem is:
> 
> 
> planner: ERROR localhost:  [access as amanda not allowed from 
> amanda@fmserver] 
> amandahostsauth failed
> 
> 
> Note that amanda had been running as root for a while yesterday, so I suspect 
> it chowned some file somewhere, and now the amanda user is not able to cope 
> with them anymore, but I'm not sure at all of this.
> 
> 
> What could be the next step?
>