Hey,

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Tony van der Hoff <tony AT vanderhoff DOT org> 
wrote:
> On 25 Apr at 14:02 "Stefan G. Weichinger" <sgw AT amanda DOT org> wrote in 
> message
>  <4811D67E.8050502 AT amanda DOT org>
>
>
>  > Tony van der Hoff schrieb:
>  > > Thanks for taking an interest, Stefan; that's what I thought, too. I
>  > > wish it were that simple. Maybe I'm missing something, but what is wrong
>  > > with this (3 seperate files, each with the same name as the service):
>  >
>  > > #default: on # description: The amanda index service service amandaidx {
>  > > disable             = no socket_type        = stream protocol       = 
> tcp wait              = no user               =
>  > > backup group                = backup groups         = yes server         
>    = /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
>  > > }
>  > >
>  > > Oh, and all those paths are valid.
>  >
>  > And (x)inetd was restarted?
>  >
>  yes (frequently).
>
>
>  > Show "ls -l /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd", is it executable, who is the owner?
>  >
>  tony@tony-lx:~$ ls -l /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
>  -rwxr-xr-x 1 backup backup 43428 2008-02-04 14:57 /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
>
>  I'm away for the weekend now; catch up on Mnday.
>
>  Cheers, Tony.
>
>
>
>  --
>  Tony van der Hoff        | mailto:tony AT vanderhoff DOT org
>  Buckinghamshire, England
>

Which host or hosts are acting as the tape and index servers?
If they aren't running on localhost, I think that's the error you'll see.

You can configure the tape/index servers in /etc/amanda/amanda-client.conf.