Anderson,

> How do I tell Amanda to use a specific network interface if 2 exist on
> the system.
> For instance I would like Amanda to only use the ce4 interface..
> ce0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
>         inet 10.20.1.181 netmask ffff0000 broadcast 10.20.255.255
>         ether 0:3:ba:9a:4f:6f
> ce4: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3
>         inet 172.23.1.73 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 172.23.1.255
>         ether 0:3:ba:9a:4f:6f

It looks like you might be running Solaris on Sun hardware.  If you're
running Solaris 10, you can use inetadm to configure the bind_addr for
the amanda service to make sure it only listens on the 172.23.1.73
address.  Amanda should also use that address as the source in its replies.

If you're running Solaris 9 or earlier, you might need to install and
use xinetd rather than inetd to get the super-server to selectively
listen on particular interfaces for individual services.  Use the "bind"
 attribute in the service stanza in the xinetd.conf or in
xinetd.d/amanda file.

For other OSes, you're probably already using xinetd.  If not, there's
probably some way to tell inetd to bind to a particular address -- you
can run another copy of inetd bound to the correct address with its own
configuration file.

I hope this helps,

-Ben

-- 
Benjamin Lewis, CISSP <bhlewis AT purdue DOT edu>
Security Analyst, Identity and Access Management
IT Networks & Security
Purdue University

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