Also sprach Jay Lessert (Tue 01 Jul 02003 at 05:09:21PM -0700):
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:36:34PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
> > What do you think?
> > 
> > #######################################
> > #######################################
> > # grep -v '^\([# ]\|$\)' /etc/amanda/DailySet1/disklist
> > 192.168.123.150 sda1 comp-root
> > 192.168.123.150 sda4 comp-user
> 
> I think if *you* don't know the hostname, how to you expect amanda to
> figure it out?  :-)
> 
> Reverse lookups have to work, e.g., from the entries in .amandahosts.
> Don't use localhost, either, please.

I have erred on the side of terseness in my original post ;>

Of course, I have tried every combination of hostname and address in
disklist, and also made certain that that name there is the _same_ as
that used in amandahosts:

# bragi.private.network sda1 comp-root
# bragi.private.network sda4 comp-user
192.168.123.150 sda1 comp-root
192.168.123.150 sda4 comp-user
# localhost sda1 comp-root
# localhost sda4 comp-user


Furthermore, from this host, both amanda server & client, I have _no_
name resolution issues:

# host bragi
bragi.private.network has address 192.168.123.150

# ping bragi
PING Bragi.private.network (192.168.123.150): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.123.150: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0.1 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.150: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.123.150: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.0 ms

--- Bragi.private.network ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.0/0.0/0.1 ms


Everywhere, I see the strong warnings against using localhost.  With
Debian, localhost is the default used in disklist.  Why this adversity
for localhost?

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