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Hello,

I've recently started trying to get amanda installed (the newest version as of a week ago) on a few of my linux boxes here in the shop and I've come across two problems. The the server install went smoothly on my Debian Sarge install, as well as a client install on 3 Fedora boxes. However, when I did a client install on two of my other debian boxes, amcheck returns that it cannot find DUMP on those machines. I've checked all of the following:
1) Dump is installed
2) The amanda user has priveleges to use dump
3) Permissions are exactly the same as on my my working amanda server as well as the working fedora boxes.


I've checked the FAQ on the website as well as the help documents included with amanda and these mainly suggest that if dump works for the user on the client machine, it should for the server. Soo......I'm stuck.

If anyone has any ideas about what I should be checking /doing I'd greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!
-Steve

--On Wednesday, July 07, 2004 16:15:34 -0500 Amanda Listserv account <amandals < at > rincewind.beloit.edu> wrote:

Hello,

I've recently started trying to get amanda installed (the newest version as of a week ago) on a few of my linux boxes here in the shop and I've come across two problems. The the server install went smoothly on my Debian Sarge install, as well as a
client install on 3 Fedora boxes. However, when I did a client install on two of my other debian boxes, amcheck returns that it cannot find DUMP on those machines. I've checked all of the following: 1) Dump is installed
2) The amanda user has priveleges to use dump
3) Permissions are exactly the same as on my my working amanda server as well as the working fedora boxes.

Does dump have the same path on all the boxes? Check the debug files
(normally in /tmp/amanda) on the non-working client, it should give you
the full path for the dump it is trying to run and possibly a more complete
error message.

Frank



I've checked the FAQ on the website as well as the help documents included with amanda and these mainly suggest that if dump works for the user on the client machine, it should for the server. Soo......I'm stuck.

If anyone has any ideas about what I should be checking /doing I'd greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!
-Steve




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Frank Smith fsmith < at > hoovers.com
Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673
Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501

Steve,

try checking out the logs in /tmp/amanda (if that's where your logs are set to for the client).

You can check rundump or sendsize. It should show you the absolute path of the dump program and possibly any parameters used when performing the dump command.

-Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users < at > amanda.org
[mailto:owner-amanda-users < at > amanda.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 5:16 PM
To: amanda-users < at > amanda.org
Subject: Installation problems


Hello,

I've recently started trying to get amanda installed (the
newest version as of a week ago) on a few of my linux boxes
here in the shop and I've come across two problems. The the
server install went smoothly on my Debian Sarge install, as
well as a client install on 3 Fedora boxes. However, when I
did a client install on two of my other debian boxes, amcheck
returns that it cannot find DUMP on those machines. I've
checked all of the following:
1) Dump is installed
2) The amanda user has priveleges to use dump
3) Permissions are exactly the same as on my my working
amanda server as well as the working fedora boxes.


I've checked the FAQ on the website as well as the help
documents included with amanda and these mainly suggest that
if dump works for the user on the client machine, it should
for the server. Soo......I'm stuck.

If anyone has any ideas about what I should be checking
/doing I'd greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!
-Steve