Thanks all for your help, Did I mention that I'm somewhat newbie-ish with *nix? Blush. Thanks, here are my responses...
1. I did not know about this "host" command. It yields the INCORRECT information! 2. I also did not know about nsswitch.conf. it says, passwd: files shadow: files group: files #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns hosts: files dns # Example - obey only what nisplus tells us... #services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: files netmasks: files networks: files protocols: files rpc: files services: files netgroup: files publickey: nisplus automount: files aliases: files nisplus 3. Stupid.aix.client can properly nslookup smart.amanda.server. Do I need to switch that nsswitch.conf thing? WAB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Baker-LePain Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 4:08 PM To: Matt Hyclak Cc: amanda-users@amanda.org Subject: Re: New AMANDA server cannot one reach old client. (hostname lookup failed with the wrong IP) On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 at 4:03pm, Matt Hyclak wrote > On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 03:46:13PM -0500, Byarlay, Wayne A. enlightened us: >> I have a RHE4 machine with the standard AMANDA config, and then I >> copied over my amanda.conf file, disklist, and chg-conf file from the >> old AMANDA server. >> >> Now, all the clients report OK, except one! Stupid old AIX! Amcheck >> says, >> >> ERROR: stupid.server.edu [addr 555.555.555.555: hostname lookup >> failed] >> >> Obviously I replace the true name & IP with fake names. >> >> The IP is NOT CORRECT! Even in the /etc/hosts file, it has the >> correct IP for this stupid.server. >> >> Any ideas on why amanda would think that stupid.server is the wrong IP? >> > > This is usually a reverse-DNS issue. What does > > host stupid.server.edu > > return? Also, can stupid.server do lookups of smart.amanda.server? -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University
