On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> I get this below error when i run amrecover on the client machine
>
> -- [root@oaks kaushal]# amrecover
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.4p1. Contacting server on localhost ...
> 220 oaks AMANDA index server (2.4.4p1) ready.
> 500 Access not allowed: [access as amanda not allowed from root@localhost] 
> amandahostsauth failed
                                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> [root@oaks kaushal]#
>
> i have added my client hostname on the server .amandahosts
> but no help
>
> can any one tell me why its happening

Just add

    localhost   root

to ~amanda/.amandahosts

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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