On 2006-05-10 14:38, Jon LaBadie wrote:

In a later note you said .amandahosts contained the FQDN name
of the server (x.y.com bkup) while the error message gave
just the alias (bkup@x).  I don't know if it makes a difference,
but I always put into .amandahosts both versions.

Yes it does make a difference.

And the exact error message and cause/solution is explained here:

http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amcheck:_access_as_localuser_not_allowed_from_remoteuser%40remotehost




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