--On Tuesday, July 23, 2002 17:02:46 +0100 "Burgess, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When i run amcheck or amdump the host can never be found. what can i do > to fix this. here is the results from amcheck: > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > ERROR: localhost: [access as amanda not allowed from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > n] amandahostsauth failed > WARNING: pc41: selfcheck request timed out. Host down? > Client check: 1 hosts checked in 30.205 seconds, 1 problems found > > Also you can see a error when it try's to contact localhost to back it > up can anyone help. Is this problem to do with amandapass or > .amandahosts??? if so can someone show me an example. Your backup server really should have a hostname and domainname set. It could work on the server itself if your .amandahosts on the server were: localhost.localdomain amanda but you really need to set a hostname and domainname. Your client is probably confused trying to send replies to 'localhost'. Frank > > Thanks > Adam > > Adam Burgess > Systems Support Officer > Finance > City University > Northampton Square > London EC1V 0HB > Tel. 0207 040 8779 > Fax. 0207 477 8911 > -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
