On 2006-08-02 23:03, Jeff Portwine wrote:

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:

/usr/local/var/amanda/DailySet1/log/amdump.1:planner: USE_AMANDAHOSTS CLIENT_LOGIN="backup" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP

So it seems to me everywhere I look that it should be running with user "backup" but it still tries to run as localuser 'root'. I just don't understand it.

Are you 100% sure that you are looking at the correct files?

up the hostnames in DNS, resulting in connecting to his test setup
instead.  What is in the debug files on that client (in /tmp/amanda
usually).

e.g.  you do have an environment with inetd on the server and xinetd
on the client.  Are you 100% sure that is what is invoked on the client?
When you replace the /usr/local/lebexec/amandad on the client with
a little shell script that writes some clear message in a debug file,
does it invoke that script?  As what user?

  mv /usr/local/libexec/amandad /usr/local/libexec/amandad_ORIG

  cat > /usr/local/libexec/amandad
  #!/bin/sh
  date >> /tmp/debug-amandad
  id >> /tmp/debug-amandad
  ps -p $$ >> /tmp/debug-amandad  # get the parent of this process
  # or even do "ps -ef" instead
  ^D

  chmod 755 /usr/local/libexec/amandad

And run amcheck on the server again (which will fail of course).


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