Re: amanda server behind linux ipchains firewall

[John R. Jackson]

>I have an amanda 2.4.2p2 server behind a linux ipchains firewall that is
>attempting to backup amanda 2.4.2p2 clients outside the firewall.  ...
>ERROR: client1: [host firewall-host: port 62940 not secure]

Since you're running 2.4.2p2, you should be able to see a line like this
in /tmp/amanda/amcheck.*.debug:

  amcheck: dgram_bind: socket bound to 0.0.0.0.853

That tells you what port amcheck started out on (853 in this case).

I'm real fuzzy about firewalls, but this will let you at least confirm
Amanda is staying within the range you asked it to.  Once you know that,
it's got to be a firewall port translation problem, i.e. it took that
nice, innocent 853 and translated it into a icky, bad 62940.

>Todd Pfaff

John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]