Amanda Version: ANY
Problem: After Installation xinetd fails to reload and reports an error
Installation log:
Jun 12 2006 14:19:47: === Amanda Enterprise backup client installation started. === Jun 12 2006 14:19:49: Updating system library cache...done. Jun 12 2006 14:19:49: Restarting xinetd...Reload INET services (xinetd)...failed
System log:
Jun 16 01:00:51 copper xinetd[6170]: Unknown user: amanda [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=29] Jun 16 01:00:51 copper xinetd[6170]: Error parsing attribute user - DISABLING SERVICE [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=29] Jun 16 01:00:51 copper xinetd[6170]: Server /usr/lib/amanda/amandad is not executable [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=32] Jun 16 01:00:51 copper xinetd[6170]: Error parsing attribute server - DISABLING SERVICE [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=32] Jun 16 01:00:51 copper xinetd[6170]: Unknown user: amanda [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=39] Jun 16 01:00:51 copper xinetd[6170]: Error parsing attribute user - DISABLING SERVICE [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=39] Jun 16 01:00:52 copper xinetd[6170]: Server /usr/lib/amanda/amindexd is not executable [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=42] Jun 16 01:00:52 copper xinetd[6170]: Error parsing attribute server - DISABLING SERVICE [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=42] Jun 16 01:00:52 copper xinetd[6170]: Unknown user: amanda [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=49] Jun 16 01:00:52 copper xinetd[6170]: Error parsing attribute user - DISABLING SERVICE [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=49] Jun 16 01:00:52 copper xinetd[6170]: Server /usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped is not executable [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=52] Jun 16 01:00:52 copper xinetd[6170]: Error parsing attribute server - DISABLING SERVICE [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=52]
Solution: Please look through your old inetd configuration files for errors and service entries that belong to previous amanda installations and are no longer valid
Location: The location of such files varies depending on you operating system, but most common places to look are:
/etc/xinetd.conf #Configuration file /etc/inetd.conf #Configuration file /etc/xinetd.d #Configuration directory containing configuration files