Hi, Michael,

on Freitag, 06. Februar 2004 at 18:56 you wrote to amanda-users:

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

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

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

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

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

Somehow ;) The question is NOT silly.

Your approach is right.
Change .amandahosts to

fs.internal.com backup

and not localhost.
-- 
best regards,
Stefan

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