I am having difficulty getting amcheck to do a proper hostcheck... The
server is set to backup itself and that is it right now. The server's name
is stallman and I get these errors and have performed as much diagnosis as I
can according to the FAQs and searching the mailing list archives:
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
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ERROR: stallman: [host stallman.: hostname lookup failed]
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.334 seconds, 1 problem found.
Running version 2.4.1p1
DNS is right, reverse lookups are right (the hostname is defined in
/etc/hosts, as well as in DNS, my nsswitch.conf file is set to files,dns, a
resolver can look it up, and can look up the reverse IP address).
Why is there an extra dot in host "stallman." ? My config file doesn't have
that dot.
There are no system log messages that give any indication of problems.
Amanda services are defined in /etc/services as follows:
amanda 10080/udp # amanda backup services
kamanda 10081/tcp # amanda backup services
(Kerberos)
kamanda 10081/udp # amanda backup services
(Kerberos)
amandaidx 10082/tcp # amanda backup services
amidxtape 10083/tcp # amanda backup services
I added the line to /etc/inetd.conf and sent a HUP to inetd:
amanda dgram udp wait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/lib/amanda/amandad
amandaidx stream tcp nowait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/lib/amanda/amindexd
amidxtape stream tcp nowait backup /usr/sbin/tcpd
/usr/lib/amanda/amidxtaped
I've run amandad by hand with that path (/usr/lib/amanda/amandad) and it
works (well, it runs, the file is there)... and I did it as the "backup"
user.
The backup user can run all the associated utilities.
Using lsof -p 3516 (my inetd process is running on that PID), I get:
inetd 3516 root 6u IPv4 1206416 UDP *:amanda
inetd 3516 root 7u IPv4 1206417 TCP *:amandaidx (LISTEN)
inetd 3516 root 8u IPv4 1206418 TCP *:amidxtape (LISTEN)
I completely turned off all my firewalling rules and ran the amcheck to get
the same problem.
I added the following to /etc/hosts.allow:
amindexd: x.x.x.x
amidxtaped: x.x.x.x (these are my IP addresses)
It looks as if /tmp/amanda/amandad.debug is getting updated, it has the
following in it:
sending ack:
----
Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-90300508 SEQ 985914398
----
amandad: sending REP packet:
----
Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 000-90300508 SEQ 985914398
ERROR [host stallman.: hostname lookup failed]
----
amandad: got ack:
----
Amanda 2.4 ACK HANDLE 000-90300508 SEQ 985914398
----
The amandad binary access time is indeed being accessed and updated.
Thanks so much for your help!
Micah
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Micah Anderson
Collective Technologies
www.colltech.com
"To be and not to do is not to be at all"
