On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 17:24 +0200, Montagni, Giovanni wrote:
> ERROR: auriga: [addr 172.30.2.195: hostname lookup failed]

Ok...

> [root@auriga local]# ping auriga
> PING auriga.manord.com (172.30.2.195) 56(84) bytes of data.

Your ping test is equivalent to doing "host auriga". What Amanda is
probably doing is the equivalent of "host 172.30.2.195", a *reverse* DNS
lookup. Your forward DNS may be working fine, while your reverse DNS
might not be.

Graeme