Hi again I am getting somewhere after a battle of some sorts but I have a few more errors. I have myserver:/usr/lib/amanda # su amanda -c "/usr/sbin/amcheck DailySet1" Amanda Tape Server Host Check -
^^^^^^ ^^^^ 1 2 ^ ^^^^^^ 1 2 Note there are two parts to the error message. Your amanda installation has been done improperly. There are several programs the must be owned by root and setuid'ed. -- J