On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 02:19:05PM -0500, Rebecca Pakish Crum wrote:
> My backup server was installed and configured with a different name,
> because it was built online to replace an existing box. Server 1:
> web.isymmetrics.com; Server 2 built as webby.isymmetrics.com.
> [...]
> So I added 'webby' with the [same] ip addy to my /etc/hosts
> file on web,
> [...]
> [root@web libexec]# amrecover isymmdaily
> AMRECOVER Version 2.4.2p2. Contacting server on webby ...
> 220 web AMANDA index server (2.4.2p2) ready.
> 500 Access not allowed: [ip address 10.1.8.9 is not in the ip list for
> web]

I'm not familiar with that message.  But just as an off-the-cuff
guess, try adding "webby" as a CNAME for "web" in the DNS (as
opposed to simply in the machine's own /etc/hosts file).

Or rebuild Amanda :-(

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