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Re: [Networker] Networker and Firewall hostname errors

2005-10-28 15:35:14
Subject: Re: [Networker] Networker and Firewall hostname errors
From: Jason Koelker <jkoelker AT RACKSPACE DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:30:12 -0500
On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 15:07 -0400, Bruce Wynia wrote:
>     Networker (7.2.1) - on Linux RedHat.       
>     Server and client on differant internal sub-nets, and muss pass-thru a 
> hardware firewall.
> 
>     I fail a client backup with -> nsrexecd: Host name verification 
> failed - unknown host.
Make sure you have only the short hostname as the alias for the client.
NetWorker 7.2.1 truncates the hostname for authentication.  So if the
output of `hostname` is www.example.com, the alias needs to be set to
"www".

Have a good one.
Thanks

Jason

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