Charles Curley wrote at 08:29 -0700 on Mar  1, 2009:
 > root@dragon:/home/ccurley/projects/ror# amrecover -C /etc/amanda/DailySet1
 > AMRECOVER Version 2.5.2p1. Contacting server on localhost ...
 > NAK: user root from localhost is not allowed to execute the service 
 > amindexd: Please add "amindexd amidxtaped" to the line in 
 > /var/backups/.amandahosts on the client

^^^ Note, "user root"


 > However, I have already added the quoted text to the .amandahosts
 > file, on both client and server, like so:
 > 
 > chaffee.localdomain backup amindexd amidxtaped

You have the "backup" user here.

http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/How_To:Migrate_from_older_amanda_versions#Problems_with_amrecover_from_amanda_2.5