Have you checked .amandahosts for proper entries? Does that file have
the proper permissions?
-rw-------   1 amanda   amanda        37 Nov 14 13:16 .amandahosts

on the client .amandahosts should say
bkup.server.com amanda

and on the server the entry should be
client.server.com root

are you using the FQDN for both server and client?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org 
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of John Grover
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:59 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Permission Denied error on client
> 
> 
> I've not been able to get one of my clients to back up using 
> vxdump. Another, similarly configured client has no problem. 
> Amcheck reports the following on the bad client ...
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: host.domain.edu: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/var
> (/dev/vx/rdsk/var): Permission denied]
> ERROR: host.domain.edu: [could not access /dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol
> (/dev/vx/rdsk/rootvol): Permission denied]
> Client check: 1 host checked in 1.051 seconds, 2 problems found
> 
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.4p1)
> 
> Is this a read permission error on the filesystem or an 
> execute error on vxdump? All seems identical on both systems.
> 
> Thanks
> JG
> 
> John W Grover, Systems and Database Administrator
>               Lake Michigan College
>             www.lakemichigancollege.edu
> 
>