Re: new problem, amrecover can't find disklist (continued)

On Wednesday 30 September 2020 08:34:28 Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 September 2020 07:34:28 Rüdiger Kessel wrote:
> cc the list too.
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > if I remember correctly then amrecover needs the index-server. Did
> > you make sure it can be started?
>
> That I don't know. Amanda ran normally early this morning, but bitched
> loudly because lathe.coyote.den wasn't available.  All other machines
> in the list were fine.
>
> Sample cmd line to determine that, run by whom?
>
> Thank you.
>
> > Greetings
> >
> > Rüdiger
> >
> >
> > Am Mi., 30. Sept. 2020 um 13:11 Uhr schrieb Gene Heskett <
> >
> > [email protected]>:
> > > Greetings all;
> > >
> > > I haven't run amrecover for quite a while, and today it claims no
> > > host I've  named is in the disklist.  The disklist is fine, all
> > > there.
> > >
> > > So obviously I didn't scratch this puppies ears recently enough.
> > >
> > > I did get the last level0 of the /home/gene for that machine out
> > > and written to a usb key so I think I have the data I need to
> > > sneakernet up the hill and bring the linuxcnc app to life.
> > >
> > > But I'd also like a hint as to what I did wrong.  I was doing it
> > > as root and I'll bet I should have su'd to amanda or backup from
> > > root.
> > >
> > > Sometimes I think at 32gigs, this machine has better memory than I
> > > ;-)

I've found the misspelled entry in the hosts file on TLM, and I need to 
copy a directory, but I've got 9 more errors from amcheck saying root 
isn't allowed to run tar in the amgtar script.  Sample:

HOST lathe ERROR: security file '/etc/amanda-security.conf' do not allow 
to run '/usr/bin/tar' as root for 'amgtar:gnutar_path'

How do I fix this? Its only been working fine for a decade or more. 
Paranoia really should be painfull...

TLM is a small lathe, and is actually named lathe, but has earned the 
nic-name of The Little Monster because its 1.5 hp spindle motor is quite 
good at finding other breakable parts in the drive chain, hence is known 
planet wide as TLM. :)


Thanks all.

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