On Friday 18 July 2014 15:24:00 Debra S Baddorf did opine And Gene did reply: > On Jul 18, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Joi L. Ellis <jlel...@pavlovmedia.com> wrote: > > I think you have a more basic network connectivity issue. If it were > > a simple .amandahosts issue, you'd get an error message to that > > affect, not 'connection reset by peer', which is a network thing. > > > > Don't forget to check the logs on the server and the client, see > > /var/log/Amanda/*, find the newest files in there and see what they > > say. > > > > The first thing to do is verify that the server can backup itself as > > a client. If your server-side is not working, this will get that > > straightened out. Then check that the server and the client can > > resolve each other's hostnames, and that they can ping each other > > (firewalls allowing.) If you can, put the client on the same > > network as the server and disable all iptables/ufw firewalls, and > > verify it works that way. Then move the client back to its own > > network and test again. If it breaks on the other network, it has > > to be a firewall or network issue blocking you. > > > > In my own project here to install Amanda services everywhere, I've > > discovered hosts running undocumented iptables, undocumented > > firewalls, and all sorts of DNS breakages that I've had to clean up > > as I went. > > > > For what it's worth, I had to drop back to using plain old auth=bsd > > for Amanda, not bsdtcp, as some of the clients are so ancient the > > Amanda-client packages they have don't grok bsdtcp yet, so I'm using > > the lcd to get everyone running on a consistent setup. Once the > > ancients are retired I can upgrade all of them to something modern, > > but until then... > > > > > > -- > > Joi Owen > > System Administrator > > Pavlov Media, Inc > > I’ve got clients in several flavors. My server has all of the types of > xinetd running, and can listen to whatever the client is sending. Of > course, I have to configure the amanda.conf and disklist to request > of backup of the right type for each client. Each client can only do > one kind (in my experience). > No change in the disklist on the server for quite a few days, I had added an entry to grab /lib/firmware 2 or 3 weeks ago, before e2fsck gave the / partition on the drive a good mauling until it up and died. New drive, new install. No backup of /etc for either machine. Once I get it working, I'll add that to the disklist for both machines. Hindsight, 20-10 you know. :) > Humm, good box has inetutils-inetd installed, bad box does not. Installing it will remove xinetd. And now I am back to connection refused.
Anybody got a magic > for example (only if you are interested any further) > AMANDA.CONF: > define dumptype dailyNormal { > BDglobal > # includes auth "bsd" > } > > define dumptype dailyNormalBSDTCP { > BDglobal > auth “bsdtcp” #overrides the “bsd" > } > > define dumptype dailyNormalKRB5 { > BDglobal > auth “krb5" #overrides the “bsd” > } > > DISKLIST: > > <client1> / dailyNormal > <client2> / dailyNormalBSDTCP > <client3> / dailyNormalKRB5 > > > /ETC/XINETD.D : I’m sure the filenames don’t matter, but these > help me: > > amanda-dgram file: > ## note the auth=bsd on the server_args line > > service amanda > { > socket_type = dgram > protocol = udp > wait = yes > user = operator > group = root > server = /usr/local/libexec/amanda/amandad > server_args = -auth=bsd amdump amindexd amidxtaped > disable = no > groups = yes > } > > > amanda-krb5 file: > ## note the auth=krb5 on the server_args line > > service k5amanda > { > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > wait = no > user = root > group = root > server = /usr/local/libexec/amanda/amandad > server_args = -auth=krb5 amdump amindexd amidxtaped > disable = no > groups = yes > } > > > amanda-stream file: > ## note the auth=bsdtcp on the server_args line > > service amanda > { > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > wait = no > user = operator > group = root > server = /usr/local/libexec/amanda/amandad > server_args = -auth=bsdtcp amdump amindexd > amidxtaped disable = no > groups = yes > } Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS