On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 02:55:40PM -0500, Qian Chen enlightened us:
> Hi
> Both computers are on the private network. 192.168.1.100 is the amanda
> server and 192.168.1.47 is the client.
> $amcheck DailySet1
> gave this error
> 
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: 192.168.1.47: [addr 192.168.1.100: hostname lookup failed]
> Client check: 1 host checked in 0.031 seconds, 1 problem found
> 
> I tried to add "192.168.1.47  client" to the /etc/hosts file and got the
> similar error message. Both machines are using redhat8.0 amd amanda 2.4.3.
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 

You need to make sure the client can resolve 192.168.1.100, whether that's
through DNS or an entry in /etc/hosts (on the client).

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics
Ohio University
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