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Re: client with "private" address

2004-03-09 15:30:02
Subject: Re: client with "private" address
From: Hans-Christian Armingeon <heise.johnny AT gmx DOT net>
To: Jonathan Dill <jfdill AT jfdill DOT com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 21:26:55 +0100
Am Dienstag, 9. März 2004 20:11 schrieben Sie:
> I want to backup a client on a "private" network 10.160.32, but amanda 
I think, that an ipv4 address has four address parts, you have only three.

> seems to be looking for a DNS to resolve the IP, and then do a reverse 
> lookup on the IP to get the hostname.  Is there a way to do this without 
> setting up a DNS for 10.160.32?  I wish amanda would just believe the 
> address that I put in disklist instead of double-checking with a DNS.  
> Does she not trust me?  Am I not trustworthy?
> 
> I guess I'll pick at the docs for gethostbyaddr and gethostbyname calls 
> to see if there is any way to modify their behavior, or if there is a 
> different routine that I could plug in that would check /etc/hosts 
> first, or something like that.
> 
> --jonathan
> 
> 

Johnny


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