> From: Paul Bijnens
> Sent: 29 May 2006 10:07
> 
> On 2006-05-28 23:32, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > 
> > Approximately once a month, some of my servers fail to make backups
> > with this error message:
> > 
> > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> >   capote     sda8 lev 1 FAILED [ [access as backup not 
> allowed from sys-maint AT linuxbackup2.smarterlinux DOT com] open of 
> /var/backups/.amandahosts failed]
> 
> Strange.
> Is /var/backup a local filesystem?  Or mounted via NFS?

As the error reported is a failure to open .amandahosts rather than a problem 
with the contents of the file (which would result in a "amandahostsauth failed" 
error) a likely cause (given that the problem is intermittent) is running out 
of system resources (file descriptors/memory/?).

You should find more information about the exact cause of the failure in the 
amanda debug file on the client - that should show the same error along with 
the system error message.

Paul