I did the things it suggested there... I checked inetd.conf on the server:
amandaidx stream tcp nowait backup /usr/local/libexec amindexd
amidxtape stream tcp nowait backup /usr/local/libexec amidxtaped

I checked the xinetd.d entry on the client:
service amanda
{
       socket_type     = dgram
       protocol        = udp
       wait            = yes
       user            = backup
       group           = backup
       groups          = yes
       server          = /usr/local/libexec/amandad
}

I checked the logs:

Thanks,
Jeff

To: "Jeff Portwine" <jdport AT michigandrill DOT com>
Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: amanda config problems

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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