Defined new disk "Permission denied"

[shadovv]

Hi All,

I'm trying to add a new disk in the disklist file for a backup set, seems simple enough and I've had no trouble in the past.
However I've run into this strange problem. Amcheck log below.

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Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
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ERROR: euser01: [could not access /caer/e/data/prj/gui/worlds (/caer/e/data/prj/gui/worlds): Permission denied]
Client check: 9 hosts checked in 10.240 seconds, 1 problem found

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This seems pretty straight forward, but I've checked all the directory and file permissions for the "/caer/e/data/prj/gui/worlds" directory, including all the root directories, and I don't see why I can't backup this directory.
From "/caer/e" onwards all file/directory permissions are set to the user and group named "ecs".

Amanda is installed under the account "amanda", but I've added the amanda user to the "ecs" group (/etc/group), so in theory Amanda should be able to access these files. If I login with the "amanda" shell account, I can browse and create files in any of those directories so I assume Amanda backup would work.
Amanda backup using amdump seems to work, however amcheck would fail with the error message above.

Anyone ever run into this situation?

[martineau]

Are you sure it is a member of group "ecs" when run from xinetd?
What's your xinetd config?
Do you have: groups = yes

[shadovv]

I'm pretty sure it's part of the group ecs. Output from id command:

-bash-3.00$ id
uid=33(amanda) gid=6(disk) groups=6(disk),5001(ecs_e),

Here's the contents of configurations in xinetd.d

/etc/xinetd.d/amanda:
service amanda
{
socket_type = dgram
protocol = udp
wait = yes
user = amanda
group = disk
groups = yes
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amandad
disable = no
}

/etc/xinetd.d/amandaidx:
service amandaidx
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = amanda
group = disk
groups = yes
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
disable = no
}

/etc/xinetd.d/amidxtape:
service amidxtape
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = amanda
group = disk
groups = yes
server = /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped
disable = no
}

[ktill]

does amdump succeed?

Something amcheck fails while amdump succeeds due to permission on the files and directories.

Ref: http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Why_does_amcheck_fail_while_amdump_succeeds%3F

[shadovv]

Opps... nevermind, figured out what my problem was.

I forgot to kill -HUP the xinetd daemon after making changes to the groupings.

All fix now. Thanks for all the replies.