Paddy Sreenivasan wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Have you specified samba user and password in
> /etc/amandapass configuration file.
>
> amandapass format:
>
> <share name> <user name>%<password> <domain>
>
> See http://www.amanda.org/docs/samba.html
>
> Thanks,
> Paddy
>
> On 10/1/05, *Chris Jones* <chris-jones AT zen.co DOT uk
> <mailto:chris-jones AT zen.co DOT uk>> wrote:
>
>     I have a Fedora Core 4 PC running Amanda server (and backing up the
>     server satisfactorily) and a couple of Windows PC's (one is Win2k and
>     the other a WinXP).
>
>     I have setup amanda to backup the win2k pc using samba following the
>     how-to, but I am getting an error when I run amcheck for this backup.
>
>     The error I get is (obfuscated private data):
>     Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
>     --------------------------------
>     ERROR: local-machine: [samba access error: //server/share: Error
>     connecting to 192.168.0.2 <http://192.168.0.2> (Permission
>     denied): Connection to server
>     failed: returned 1]
>     Client check: 1 host checked in 0.323 seconds, 1 problem found
>
>     Where is my configuration likely to be in error and how should I
>     correct
>     this, please?
>
>     --
>     It's not easy, being green.
>                     -- Kermit the Frog
>
>
Paddy,

Yes, I have specified the amanda user exactly as specified for each share.


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