Amanda-Users

Re: Amanda Client

2004-09-28 17:40:26
Subject: Re: Amanda Client
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: Jason Miller <jwm AT interlinc DOT net>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:37:39 -0400
On Tuesday 28 September 2004 17:33, Jason Miller wrote:
>Yes you can rest assured I will stay part of this group and help out
> where I can. It has been a serious learning curve for me going from
> my M$ tainted background to straight *nux. Have converted most of
> our servers running windows to a *nix OS and have since stopped
> working as much... LOL
>
>Jason Miller

Kind of nice to have some time off, not having to worry about the 
latest winderz viri isn't it?

>> From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
>> Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers
>> Reply-To: <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
>> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:31:28 -0400
>> To: Jason Miller <jwm AT interlinc DOT net>
>> Cc: Matthias Andree <ma AT dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund DOT de>,
>> "amanda-users AT amanda DOT org" <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
>> Subject: Re: Amanda Client
>>
>> On Tuesday 28 September 2004 16:18, Jason Miller wrote:
>>> Ok I got it, I was making it way too hard again. Re-read the
>>> manual's triple checked the configs, folders, permissions and
>>> rebooted the server and everything is working now. Figured out
>>> there was two things incorrect in my setup and they were. FreeBSD
>>> has to have operator:operator not amanda:disk for permissions
>>> over the amanda client to allow it to properly read so I redid
>>> the port with the default permissions and just set the server and
>>> it worked right off the bat after doing the second part. Found a
>>> write up showing me there are some directories and files that are
>>> not created using the port as well that I had to make and set
>>> permissions on. So for those that have a problem with it here is
>>> the link for FreeBSD 4.9 port install write up and how to fix it.
>>>
>>> Http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-bugs/2003-Novemb
>>>er/ 018025.html
>>
>> Glad you got it going Jason.  Now, could you stick around and
>> tutor the next BSD'er that needs help?
>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>> From: Matthias Andree <ma AT dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund DOT de>
>>>> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:27:08 +0200
>>>> To: Jason Miller <jwm AT interlinc DOT net>
>>>> Cc: Matthias Andree <ma AT dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund DOT de>,
>>>> "amanda-users AT amanda DOT org" <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
>>>> Subject: Re: Amanda Client
>>>>
>>>> Jason Miller <jwm AT interlinc DOT net> writes:
>>>>> The below is exactly what is in my xinetd.conf and I have added
>>>>> amanda to it to my hosts.allow and to insure everything is good
>>>>> to go I went as far as rebooting the machine.
>>>>
>>>> Running amcheck with -c on the server might be another, more
>>>> lightweight way to check if the client is fine.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I just remembered that amanda also needs its own access
>>>> control file configured, so you'd also do (this is sh syntax not
>>>> csh if in doubt):
>>>>
>>>> echo "bigstore.example.org amanda" >~operator/.amandahosts
>>>>
>>>> replace bigstore.example.org by the server's hostname. Depending
>>>> on the DNS setup, you may need to do this as well:
>>>>
>>>> echo "bigstore amanda" >>~operator/.amandahosts
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Matthias Andree
>>>>
>>>> Encrypted mail welcome: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95 (PGP/MIME
>>>> preferred)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Gene
>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
>> 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
>> Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message
>> by Gene Heskett are:
>> Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message
by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

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