On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:
>> > If portrange settings are changed in the server part with
>> >
>> >  --with-tcpportrange=50000,50100 --with-udpportrange=840,860
>> >
>> >  how does it effect the clients - do they need to be recompiled as well ?
>>
>> This affects the range of source ports used for "reverse" connections;
>> on the server, it will affect the source ports used for reverse
>> connections to amrecover.  On the client, it will affect the source
>> ports used for reverse connections back to the server.  As long as the
>> ranges are large enough to accomodate the parallelism used in Amanda,
>> the only implication of these ranges is for firewall rules.
>>
>> Dustin
>
> So, is that a "no, the clients need not be recompiled"?
> Or maybe "yes, unconditionally"?
> Or maybe "yes, if you want to use amrecover from the client"?

No, the clients need not be recompiled.

Sorry if I wasn't clear :)

Dustin

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