On Tuesday 15 February 2005 12:45, Hull, Dave wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org on behalf of Gene Heskett
>
>I'm not a sol expert, thats others territory, but I suspect that if
>there is a firewall (iptables or a lookalike) involved, you will
> have to cut a hole in it to allow amanda to talk to her clients and
> vice versa.  I think there are others here who can tell you
> generally what to do though.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>Well, you have hit the nail on the head.
>
>The server in question is running iptables and the rulesets are
> configured to allow NEW connections from any host on a given
> subnet, call it subnet A, to udp port 10080 and tcp ports 10082 and
> 10083. The server and the Linux clients are all running amanda from
> an RPM installation, and they are backing up just fine.
>
>The Solaris box's Amanda was built from source and though it's on
> subnet A with the other Linux boxes, the iptables rules are the
> problem. I tried shutting them down and it backs up fine.
>
>What's the best approach to get this Solaris instance working with
> my current iptable ruleset, or is that even possible?

I'd imagine it is, although I'm not an iptables whiz.  I'd sure do 
some printouts of the machines that are working vs the machine(s) 
that aren't, & see whats different in the ruleset.  Chance are a side 
by side comparison in print will make it jump right off the page at 
you.

>Thanks again.

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