On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 03:03:02PM -0600, Adam Bayless enlightened us:
> I'm getting:
> 
> ERROR: client: [host server.domain.com: port 10022 not secure]
> 
> when running amcheck . The FAQ says make sure that amcheck is suid root, 
> which it is:
> 
> -r-sr-x---  1 root  operator  34840 Sep 20 19:50 /usr/local/sbin/amcheck
> 
> The FAQ also mentions NAT possibly causing issues with ports such as 
> this but I am not in a NAT scenario.
> 
> I'm using a default build of amanda-2.4.5 (from the FreeBSD ports 
> collection). The only customization is that I used 
> '--with-udpportrange=10000,10100' '--with-portrange=10000,10100' because 
> I have one host behind a firewall. The server is outside as are the 
> other clients. I had this all working under an earlier build of amanda 
> (2.4.1-ish) but when I updgraded to 2.4.5 things borked on me. Have 
> there been any config changes since then that I should be aware of?
> 
> Anyone have any pointers?
> 

Yes, reread the portusage.txt document. The section on UDP ports specifies
that you should have at least "inparallel" many ports all less than 1023.

Any process can open a port > 1023, so amanda doesn't trust those packets. 

Matt

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Matt Hyclak
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Ohio University
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