Planner: ERROR amanda user is not allowed to execute the service noop
Issue : amdump fails with planner error and no backups are created.
- Logs
- amreport output or the backup email contains the following in FAILURE and STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY section.
planner: ERROR <server name> NAK : user <amanda user> from <server name> is not allowed to execute the service noop: Please add "amdump" to the line in /<home directory of amanda user>/.amandahosts <client name> <directory> RESULTS MISSING
- Causes
- .amandahosts does not have correct entries to do backup.
- Solution
- Add the following entry to .amandahosts on the client.
<server name> <amanda user> amdump Example: amandaserver.company.com amandabackup amdump
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