On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 08:46:12AM -0700, Pavel Pragin wrote:
> Example configuration (all of the files below need to be owned by user 
> "amanda"):
> 
> The AMANDA client software and Samba is installed on host 
> "amanda_server_host". A share to be backed up called "share" is on PC 
> "my-laptop". The share will be accessed via PC user "testing" and 
> password "testing" and using a workgroup "workgroup".
> 
> 1. The entry in the file disklist is:
> 
> amanda_server_host     //my-laptop/share   comp-user-tar
> 
> 2. In /etc/amandapass  (chmod this file to "700" ) on the machine 
> 'amanda_server_host':

Do not set execute permissions on a data file.
Set the permissions to 400 or 600.

> 
> //my-laptop/share testing%testing workgroup
> 
> 3. /etc/amandates needs to be owned by the "amanda" user and group "disk" 
> and have the permissions below:
> 
> -rw-r-----   1 amanda disk      35 Jul  8 19:01 amandates
> 
> 4. run amcheck again and post the results
> 
> Pavel Pragin
> 
> 
> Nathan Weston wrote:
> 
> >I'm a first-time amanda user, trying to backup a linux machine and a 
> >few windows shares. I went through the tutorial at 
> >amanda.zmanda.com/quick-backup-setup.html, modifying things to fit my 
> >setup. The linux machine seems to be ok, but I'm getting some errors 
> >with the SMB share.
> >
> >The windows machine in question is lens, and the backup server is 
> >penguin2. On penguin2, I have a disklist entry like this:
> >
> >penguin2.genartsi.com   //lens/c        comp-user-tar
> >
> >When I run amcheck, I get the following errors:
> >
> >Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> >--------------------------------
> >ERROR: penguin2.genartsi.com: [samba access error: //lens/c: Error 
> >connecting to 192.168.0.43 (Permission denied): Connection to lens 
> >failed: returned 1]
> >ERROR: penguin2.genartsi.com: [can not read/write /etc/amandates: 
> >Permission denied]
> >Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.136 seconds, 2 problems found
> >
> >Looking in selfcheck.debug, I see that it's running smbclient like this:
> >smbclient \\lens\c -U amanda -E -c quit
> >
> >When I run the same command manually, it prompts for a password, and 
> >when I enter that it connects fine. But I don't see how amanda is 
> >giving this password to smbclient (since it obviously can't prompt for 
> >it). Maybe that's the problem?
> >
> >As for the second problem, I don't see anything in the .debug files 
> >that gives me a clue. The permissions for /etc/amandates look like this:
> >-rw-r-----  1 amandabackup disk 0 Jul 10 17:20 /etc/amandates
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >Thanks.
> >
> 
> 
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