On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:28:05PM +0100, John Clement wrote:
> I've just inherited an amanda setup that has apparently never worked 
> properly.  The specific problem I'm trying to sort at the moment is 
> summed up below.
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: NAK finn.internal.domain.com: access as amanda not allowed from 
> amanda AT orinoco.internal.domain DOT com: cannot open 
> /usr/amanda/etc/amanda/.amandahosts: Permission denied
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.002 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> finn is a Windows server, and as far as I can see the client is setup 
> the same on this as on another windows machine that is backing up ok.  
> Its got 'amanda' and 'amanda_backup' as users of the machines, amanda is 
> installed in c:\usr on both.  There's a .amandahosts file on both with 
> the same in:
> 

Windows systems with a "/usr" ???
Are you using cygwin on the Windows clients to allow
use of amanda client software directly on the client?
If so, might there be some cygwin issues?

Or, it says permission denied for .amandahosts.
What are the access rights for user amanda to
the .amandahosts file on the client?

Windows clients often backed up as indirect clients
with samba.  In that case the direct client needs
proper access from the amanda server and to the
smb client.


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