Hello Hugh,

Are you using dump (instead of tar) per chance?  If so, try using the
device name instead of the mount point.  If using LVM, this is the full
LVM "device name", ie. /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

Regards,
Paul

On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 17:51 -0700, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote:
> Amanda 2.6.1p1 on RHEL 5.3
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> I am attempting to add the following entries to an exiting disklist
> file:
> 
>     pgips2 /            always-full
>     pgips2 /boot        always-full
> 
> When I run the amcheck I get the following error:
> 
>     ERROR: pgips2: Could not access /dev/root (/): Permission denied
> 
> I have done a bunch of searching on the web and as a result I have
> tried change the permissions on /dev/root from 600 to 640 and 660.
> That did not work so I tried "setfacl -m u:amandabackup:rwx /dev/root"
> but that did not work. I have also tried changing the permissions and
> adding and ACL to / but that did not work either.
> 
> Background:
> 
> I installed the amanda-backup_server-2.6.1p1-1.rhel5.i386.rpm from
> the Zmanada web site. This created the amandabackup user which I use
> for all the Amanda commands. Everything is running on a single box
> at this point so not networking is involved yet.
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Regards, Hugh
> 
-- 
Paul Yeatman
Technical Support Engineer
Zmanda, Inc.
http://www.zmanda.com