Also sprach Jay Lessert (Tue 01 Jul 02003 at 07:45:50PM -0700):
> On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 09:08:33PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote:
> > 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
>
> Report the problem using a single configuration that you believe
> should work. In this case, I'm not sure what what would be.
OK, I understand your perplexity; however, I started with the default
localhost, moved to simply bragi, then bragi.private.network, and
finally to it ip address -- *ALL* exhibited identical behaviour, as far
as I can see.
So, please, help me by telling me which configuration that you want to
see documented, and what output you want to see from that configuration.
I will gladly supply the data, if you can help me resolve this problem.
> Do you really have a DNS server that resolves ".network" as a TLD?
Yes, I run tinydns on this private network.
> > # ping bragi
> > PING Bragi.private.network (192.168.123.150): 56 data bytes
> ^
> -------- Is the "Bragi" (not "bragi") real, or some sort of typo?
OK, bragi is Bragi in dns; but, name resolution, by rfc, is case
insensitive.
> > Everywhere, I see the strong warnings against using localhost. With
> > Debian, localhost is the default used in disklist. Why this adversity
> > for localhost?
>
> It is a bad idea IMO, 1) because the reverse lookup will often fail, 2)
> because "localhost" in the amanda records is not very
> self-documenting.
>
> There are lots of things in default setups that are bad.
Yes, of course. Nevertheless, some newbies want to know the reason why
. . .
P.S., Is there some reason that you do not want your participation in
this thread posted to the mailing list?
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