Forget about the .amandahosts file for now, you're not getting that far.
Try restarting xinetd, either a stop/start or kill -USR2. Sending a HUP
just makes xinetd write a state file and doesn't reread its config.
Make sure the amanda line is in /etc/services.
Also check
Do you have ipv6 enabled on your client? If so, you may want to check the
archives for a resolution I posted recently regarding RH 7.2 w/ipv6 enabled.
Long and short of was that upgrading xinetd to a more recent rpm fixed our
problem.
A symptom of this problem was the message you reported
Thanks for the reply. Right after I sent this e-mail, I found the
problem, admin stupidity. I don't misspell words consistently.
Frank Smith wrote:
Forget about the .amandahosts file for now, you're not getting that far.
Try restarting xinetd, either a stop/start or kill -USR2. Sending a
