Jeff,

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

Paddy

On 8/2/06, Jeff Portwine <jdport AT michigandrill DOT com> wrote:

Hello,

I'm having problems with my amanda configuration and I'm not sure if it is
with the client or the server, though it seems at the moment to be the
server.   I've tried going through the FAQ, Docs, etc and even asked on the
IRC channel but I can't figure out what's going on.

I installed amanda with the --with-user and --with-group both set to
"backup".     When I run amcheck as the backup user  I get the error
message:

ERROR: NAK <amandaclient.com>: access as root not allowed from
backup@<amandaserver.com>: cannot open /root/.amandahosts: Permission denied

I don't understand what it's trying to do as root or why, I'm not running
amcheck as root.    If I do try to run it as root, I see the message
"running as root instead of backup" so I know that it knows it's supposed to
be running as user backup...

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Jeff

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