Re: odd problem setting up amanda on Linux

Subject:	Re: odd problem setting up amanda on Linux
From:	Jay Fenlason <fenlason AT redhat DOT com>
To:	Harlan Harris <harlan AT harris DOT name>
Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:18:29 -0400

On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 09:59:20AM -0700, Harlan Harris wrote:
> Hi,

> I'm just starting to set up Amanda, and am having trouble. I've got
> two Red Hat 9 Linux boxes, one as the server, and one as a client. The
> server backs itself up fine. But the client is timing out. I've
> determined that it's connecting, but the server isn't properly ack'ing
> the client! I attach a log file. I'm using the RPM of Amanda, and
> didn't compile it myself (I can if necessary). Version is 2.4.3.

> Couldn't figure out how to even search for this problem on the
> archives of this list! It's hard to describe! Any suggestions?

The obvious thing to check on a Red Hat Linux box is that the
firewalls are not blocking the packets.  If either machine has it's
firewall enabled, it'll result in this kind of wierd timeouts.

                        -- JF