> 
> I think you are running into timeouts in the firewall now.  If its 
> iptables, I think there is a way to cut an amanda hole thru it, but 
> I'm not that much of a guru on iptables.  What did you change in 
> the firewall 2 weeks ago?  Or, if you are running something like 
> portsentry, did it decide amanda was wearing a black hat and write 
> a new rule into iptables?
> 
> I realise I'm fishing here, but it might be things to check.

Fishing is good - sometimes you catch something. The two are on the same
firewall...just different interfaces/subnets. The client is on 10.1.10.x
while server is on 10.1.8.x...routing table tells interfaces where
everyone is. There weren't any firewall rules dealing with this...I just
added one that lets the server have its way with the client...though
this should have no bearing. 

Client is a sol6 client...no iptables to be concerned with...server is
running RH8, but we're not using iptables there, either; no
portsentry...we're not big enough to worry about stuff like that...as
long as fw keeps unwanted guests out, we're satisfied. (As well as
hardening all boxes internally ;) )

I haven't changed anything on the firewall before today. ???