Help!

Due to some finger trouble, I have contrived to lose some important files,
including configuration, from my server.

The good news is that I have a recent backup on tape, but when I try to
invoke amrecover, i get errors:

[root@tony-lx /]# amrecover SysDumps -d /dev/tape
AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p1. Contacting server on tony-lx.magpieway.net ...
220 tony-lx AMANDA index server (2.4.4p1) ready.
500 Access not allowed: [access as amanda not allowed from root@localhost]
amandahostsauth failed

My amandahosts contains 
tony-lx.magpieway.net amanda
tony-lx.magpieway.net root

I'm pretty sure this used to work when I put it to the test, so I imagine
something has become corrupted, somewhere.

Any hints would be welcome!
 
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Tony van der Hoff         | mailto:tony AT vanderhoff DOT org
Buckinghamshire, England