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Re: Problem with backup

2005-10-18 15:45:41
Subject: Re: Problem with backup
From: Jean-Francois Malouin <Jean-Francois.Malouin AT bic.mni.mcgill DOT ca>
To: AMANDA users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:40:19 -0400
* Robert Tilden <tilden AT northwestern DOT edu> [20051018 15:05]:
> 
> On Tue, October 18, 2005 12:23 pm, Jean-Francois Malouin said:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > * Robert Tilden <tilden AT northwestern DOT edu> [20051018 13:14]:
> >> I'm having a problem with amanda backups on one node in our group of
> >> linux
> >> boxes.
> 
> ................
> 
> > hmmm, with all due respect, can we see the perms ond ownerships?
> > Me thinks you suffer from root squashing if /usr/lib/amanda
> > is a nfs mount.
> >
> > HTH,
> > jf
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Interesting thought, but everything is contained under the "/" partition.
> No nfs mounts. One other item of possible interest is that there seems to
> be more log files than there should be in /var/log/amanda for a particular
> failed instance. The only entry in the disklist file for this node is
> 
> node1  /               comp-root-tar
> 
> but a directory listing of log files shows:
> 
> amandad.20051018004609000.debug
> amandad.20051018004609.debug
> runtar.20051018004609.debug
> runtar.20051018004801.debug
> sendsize.20051018004609.debug
> sendsize._.20051018004609.exclude
> sendsize._.20051018004801.exclude
> 
> Amanda is invoked in xinetd with the following:
> 
> service amanda
> {
>         disable = no
>         socket_type             = dgram
>         protocol                = udp
>         wait                    = yes
>         user                    = amanda
>         group                   = disk
>         server                  = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
> }
> 
> Thanks

Did you compile the client from source or is it pre-packaged
with your linux distro?
Check the top of the amandad debug files. They will tell
you how the client was compiled.

regards
jf

> 
> 
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks...
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bob Tilden, tilden AT northwestern DOT edu
> >> High Energy Physics Group
> >> Northwestern University
> >
> > --
> > Commitment to quality is our number one gaol.
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bob Tilden, tilden AT northwestern DOT edu
> High Energy Physics Group
> Northwestern University

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