On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 at 12:15pm, Ranveer Attalia wrote

> I'm installing the amanda v2.4.4p2 client onto a linux (hostname:
> tsslin1) machine and trying to connect to the Amanda server on the
> Solaris machine (hostname: tsssun1) Setup *looks* fine, but am getting
> the following error when I try to test it using amrecover:
>  
> [root@tsslin1 sbin]# ./amrecover -C Daily -t tsssun1 -s tsssun1
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p2. Contacting server on tsssun1...
> 220 tsssun1 AMANDA index server (2.4.4p1) ready.
> 500 Access not allowed: [access as amanda not allowed from root@tsslin1]
> amandahostsauth failed
  ^^^^^^^^^^^
> I have also added the entry into the .rhosts file on the amanda server
                                       ^^^^^^^
> (tsssun1) but still makes no difference
>  
> .rhosts
> tsslin1 root
> tsslin1.tertio.com root

Those entries (specifically the first one, given the error message), need 
to be ~amanda/.amandahosts, not .rhosts.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University