--On Thursday, May 12, 2005 17:01:24 +0100 Chuck Amadi <chuck AT smtl.co DOT 
uk> wrote:

> Hi Great your right but why do I get this error no such file or
> directory when I run amrecover to test if I can recover what's in my
> amdump tape my amindexd does resides in my /amanda path/libexec .
> 
> Cheers here's my debug log when I run less 
> 
> amindexd: debug 1 pid 7904 ruid 150 euid 150: start at Thu May 12
> 13:46:38 2005
> amindexd: version 2.4.4p4
> amindexd: time 0.000: < 220 server AMANDA index server (2.4.4p4) ready.
> amindexd: time 0.000: > SECURITY USER root
> amindexd: time 0.001: bsd security: remote host server.domain.co.uk user
> root local user amanda
> amindexd: time 0.001: check failed: [access as amanda not allowed from
> root AT server.domain.co DOT uk] amandahostsauth failed
> amindexd: time 0.001: < 500 Access not allowed: [access as amanda not
> allowed from root AT server.domain.co DOT uk] amandahostsauth failed

This is your problem   ^^^

> amindexd: time 0.001: < 200 Good bye.
> amindexd: time 0.001: pid 7904 finish time Thu May 12 13:46:38 2005
> 
> I am using amanda as user and disk as group whats this user group.
> I run the command as Root.

In order to run amrestore/amrecover your .amandahosts file on the
server must allow root access from the client, so add
server.domain.co.uk root
to your .amandahosts  file on the server.

Frank
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Chuck
> On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 10:49 -0500, Frank Smith wrote:
>> 
>> --On Thursday, May 12, 2005 16:17:57 +0100 Chuck Amadi <chuck AT smtl.co DOT 
>> uk> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi All
>> > 
>> > I have run the amdump and thus tried amrecover as root
>> > I got this error when I run less command
>> > 
>> > server:/tmp/amanda-dbg # less 13:46 amindexd.20050512134638.debug
>> > 13:46: No such file or directory
>> > 
>> > I dont have this utility in my /sbin/am*
>> 
>> Lookes like you inadvertantly included the timestamp when you were
>> pasting in the debug filename on your less command.
>> The amindex command lives in libexec, wherever you install directory
>> was (I think the default is /usr/local).
>> 
>> Frank
>> > 
>> > So what next I have seen the blurb about Amindex.
>> > 
>> > Amindex was a collection of code that added dump indexing and more
>> > friendly recovery to amanda-2.3.0.  It has since been fully integrated
>> > into amanda-2.3.0.X.  An index of the files in each dump image is
>> > generated as part of the dump process and stored in a database.  A
>> > tool, amrecover, is provided which lets users browse the database.
>> > Once a set of files to recover has been assembled, amrecover
>> > "automates" the restoration of these files.
>> > 
>> > This file describes how the index files are generated and how amrecover
>> > is used.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Cheers
>> > 
>> > Chuck
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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