Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I rechecked the /etc/xinetd/amanda file and the other two
> 
> # default: off
> # description: Amanda backup client
> service amanda
> {
>         socket_type     = dgram
>         protocol        = udp
>         wait            = yes
>         user            = amanda
>         group           = disk
>         server          = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
> }
> 
> root@emailserver:/etc/xinetd.d # ls -l /usr/lib/amanda/amandad (it's
> there I did use rpm's)

And you use amanda:disk as AMANDA-user?


> and the same for the other amanda utilities and thus
> run /etc/init.d/xinetd restart on both hosts added to /etc/hosts and run
> chkconfig --list all amanda utilities are on.

Does xinetd tell you (in /var/log/messages) that it has read and enabled
the amanda-related services? ALso check the permissions of the daemons,
they should be owned by the amanda-user and executable for it.

Eg.

# ll /usr/local/libexec/amandad
-rwxr-xr-x  1 amanda disk 31K Sep 28 21:06 /usr/local/libexec/amandad

Basically the error you get points to the fact that amandad doesn't get
contacted properly, either because it is not reachable or not started ...

Any firewall enabled between these hosts?

Stefan