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NAME

6       amservice - run an amanda service on a client
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SYNOPSIS

9       amservice hostname auth service [-f input_file] [-o configoption]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Amservice execute an Amanda service on a client. It can be used without
13       amanda server configuration (amanda.conf and disklist). It can be used
14       to check communication between a server and a client. Amservice reads
15       stdin to capture the REQ packet to send to the client.
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17       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.
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OPTIONS

20       hostname
21           The hostname of the client.
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23       auth
24           The auth to use, one of: bsd, bsdudp, bsdtcp, ssh, rsh or krb5. The
25           client must be configured with this auth.
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27       service
28           The amanda service to execute on the client. One of noop, selfcheck
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31       -f input_file
32           Use the file input_file instead of stdin to read the REQ packet
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36           See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in amanda(8).
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EXAMPLE

39       The noop service is easy to execute because it does not require a REQ
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41       amservice hostname bsdtcp noop < /dev/null.fi
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43       The example executes the noop service on the client using bsdtcp auth. This is useful for debugging connection problems. It print an OPTIONS line upon success.
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45       It is more difficult to execute the selfcheck or sendsize service, as these require a valid REQ packet. If you have already uccessfully run amanda, you can find valid REQ packets in the amandad.*.debug files.
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EXIT CODE

48       The exit code of amservice is one of:
49        0  = success
50        1  = error executing amandad on the client.
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52       As amservice doesn´t parse the REP packet, it can only detect failures
53       in executing amandad on the client.  amservice can exit with value 0
54       even if the user is not authorized to execute the service. An error
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SEE ALSO

58       amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amadmin(8)
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AUTHOR

61       Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>
62           Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)
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66Amanda 2.6.1p2                    11/05/2009                      AMSERVICE(8)
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