1. the amanda hosts exists on all participants
2. format correct?  
   <hostname> <amandausername> || <hostname.domain> <amandausername>
3. the file is in the amanda user home.


Hope this helps,
Jim


On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 14:33, Schlomo Schwartz wrote:
> I'm trying to back up a filesystem on a Red Hat 7.2
> linux client, but when I run "amcheck DailySet1", it
> gives me this error:
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: lin001: [access as amanda not allowed from
> amanda AT lin02.foobar DOT com] amandahostsauth failed
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.041 seconds, 1
> problem found
> 
> I'd read in previous posts that .amandahosts had to
> have 600 permissions and a simple change to the
> hostname worked for others, but I've tried everything
> that I've read to no avail.
> 
> I know it's listening and it looks like it should work
> on the client.  Here's an entry in the client's
> /var/log/secure:
> 
> Aug 20 11:26:32 lin001 xinetd[871]: START: amanda
> pid=1427 from=10.1.2.201
> 
> And I'm getting this on all of my amanda clients.  I'm
> sure it's something simple, but can anyone tell me
> what I'm missing?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Schlomo
> 
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