On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 04:55:18PM +0100, Tony van der Hoff enlightened us:
> 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
>

Reading the error message would indicate you also need 

localhost root

in your amandahosts

-- 
Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics 
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
(740) 593-1263

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