Thanks Chris it appears you have found my problem.
(see below)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Odenbach [mailto:odenbach AT hni.upb DOT de]
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 September 2003 5:14 PM
> To: Jason Tedesco; amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Re: Another Amanda + Win32 backup problem
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Jason,
> 
> > I am trying to backup a win32 host with Amanda and keep running into
> > problems.  I compiled Amanda with smbclient full path. When I try
> > executing an amcheck I receive the following error.
> >
> > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> > --------------------------------
> > WARNING: mymachine.host.org: selfcheck request timed out.  
> Host down?
> > Client check: 1 host checked in 30.019 seconds, 1 problem found
> >
> > (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1)
> >
> > I also receive this error in my logfile.
> > ERROR planner Request to mymachine.host.org timed out.
> >
> > I increased the etimeout in amanda.conf although that did not change
> > a thing. I can use smbclient to mount my drive without a 
> problem, and
> > the directory shard on the win32 host has no permissions set.
> >
> > This is what I have below in my disklist
> > mymachine.host.org //mymachine/temp comp-root-tar
> 
> I think you have not quite understood how amanda's samba backups work.
> 
> The first entry in the disklist should point to the 
> unix/linux host that 
> actually starts smbclient. This can be (but does not have to be) your 
> tape server. Your tape server is actually quite a good idea 
> to prevent 
> unneccessary data transfer through your network.
> 
> The second entry contains usually the disk. This is the point where 
> samba jumps into: If the disk is something like 
> //<host>/<share>, then 
> the backup is done via smbclient to the host <host>.
> 
> So: correct your disklist entry to something like
> 
> yourtapeserver.host.org //mymachine/temp comp-root-tar
> 
> > The reason why I have amandapass in two directories is because I am
> > unsure which one will be used by amanda on a solaris 8 box.
> 
> Try this on the solaris box (that is on your tape server!):
> 
> odenbach@pooh[~]>>strings /opt/amanda/libexec/sendbackup | grep 
> amandapass
> /etc/amandapass
> 
> This is the correct path.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Christopher
> 
> -- 
> ======================================================
>     Dipl.-Ing. Christopher Odenbach
>     HNI Rechnerbetrieb
>     odenbach AT uni-paderborn DOT de
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> ======================================================
> 
> 


After issuing strings /opt/amanda/libexec/sendbackup | grep amandapass it 
returns nothing.

So back to compiling amanda.
I have compiled amanda 2.4.4 and 2.4.4p1 with the following 
./configure --with-smbclient=/usr/local/samba/bin/smbclient 
--with-user=operator --with-group=sys --with-config=SElvl0 --wit
h-suffixes --with-libraries=/usr/local/lib

After doing a make, I so another search for amandapass in sendbackup

/amanda-2.4.4p1/client-src$ strings - sendbackup* |grep amandapass

Do you have any other suggestions?  Is there possibly something else I'm 
missing?

Thanks.
Regards,
 # jason