On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 at 10:45am, Christoph Brunner wrote

> a tcpdump on the loopback device says:
> =================================
> tcpdump: listening on lo
> 10:40:45.589797 backup03m.1008 > backup03m.10080: udp 117 (DF)
> 10:40:55.482650 backup03m.1008 > backup03m.10080: udp 117 (DF)
> 10:41:05.482671 backup03m.1008 > backup03m.10080: udp 117 (DF)
> 
> 6 packets received by filter
> 0 packets dropped by kernel
> =================================
> 
> Shouldn't there be responds from port 10080 to 1008?

Yep.  Which tells me that amandad isn't listening *or* is refusing the 
connection.  What distro is this?  What does 'netstat -l | grep amanda' 
say?  Are you using inetd or xinetd?  If the latter, what's in 
/etc/hosts.{deny,allow}?

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University