Sorry if I was not clear here.  The server itself is/has a fqdn.  e.g.
fs.internal.com.  This is also properly registered with my DNS server.

What I am referring to here is in the .amandahosts file, it contains the
line (by default):
localhost backup

What I am wondering is if by me changing that to say:
fs backup
fs.internal.com backup

Will the client look to identify the client in the same way that, say my
host.allow file does?  Or does amanda use some other mechanism to
send/verify this information to amanda.

I am going to guess from the 2 responses that I received (off-list/on-list)
that my question is so silly, that others are confused as to what I am
asking.

Sorry.  I hope I have cleared this up some.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan G. Weichinger [mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at] 
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 11:34 AM
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: How does the amanda server identify itself to clients?


Hi, Michael,

on Freitag, 06. Februar 2004 at 18:00 you wrote to amanda-users:

MK> I am still troubleshooting the RedHat 7.2 client configuration to 
MK> work with my Debian server installation.

MK> If the server (Debian) was configured with the machine name of 
MK> "localhost",

DON'T DO THIS.

Use its Fully Qualified Domain Name (aka FQDN).
-- 
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at