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yes, running as root ....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Smith" <fsmith AT hoovers DOT com>
To: "Jim Richard" <jimr AT psi DOT edu>; <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: amrecover problems ....

> --On Thursday, February 13, 2003 22:02:46 -0700 Jim Richard <jimr AT psi DOT edu>
wrote:
>
> > I can't seem to get amrecover to work.
> >
> > I have a single server running amanda, with an SDLT drive attached to
> > it. All my clients are being backed up without problems. (I have done
> > recent recoveries "manually.")
> >
> > However, when I try to run amrecover from a client, when I issue the
> > extract, amrecover fails and tells me to check the amidxtaped log file
> > on the server.
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> > I do and at the end of it I see:
> >
> > Ready to execv amrestore with:
> > path = /usr/local/sbin/amrestore
> > argv[0] = "amrestore"
> > argv[1] = "-h"
> > argv[2] = "-p"
> > argv[3] = "/dev/nst0"
> > argv[4] = "lun"
> > argv[5] = "^/home$"
> > argv[6] = "20030120"
> > amrestore: could not open tape /dev/nst0: Permission denied
> > amidxtaped: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
> > Rewinding tape: no tape online
> > amidxtaped: pid 27373 finish time Thu Feb 13 17:16:29 2003
> >
> >
> > the amrecover command I use on the client:
> > /usr/local/sbin/amrecover -C set1 -s godzilla -t godzilla -d /dev/nst0
> >
> > godzilla is my amanda/tape server, lun is the client I'm trying to run
> > it on.
> >
> > all the clients are having no problem talking to /dev/nst0 on the tape
> > server during backup, why would amrecover be having a problem. Something
> > to do with having to run amrecover as root on the client ????
>
> Are you running amrecover as root on the client? You should be.
>
> Frank
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> > Clues ??
> >
> > thanks ....
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