Could it have something to do with localhost in your /etc/hosts file on
the client?
Best regards
Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of STANLEY R. HORWITZ
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 5:45 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Client with an inflated ego

I am trying to set up a new Red Hat Linux VM to be backed up to my Red
Hat Linux NetWorker server. Both the client and the server are running
NetWorker 7.5SP3. The problem is that this particular client tries to
connect to the server as if it the server and so I get an error that the
client's root user needs to be put on the server's remote access list.
If I make that change, then I do a backup, what gets backed up is the
server's data, not the client's. I have never seen anything like this
before and it has me baffled.

I checked all the usual stuff such as ping in both directions and
reverse DNS on both the client and the server for both of them. It all
works fine. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this, please let me
know.

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