"Bryan S. Sampsel" wrote:
>
> That's the bitch of it...it IS resolved: via nslookup, via ping--ANYTHING but Amanda.
>
> It's bizarre. I'm getting ready to compile amanda from source to see if it's a
>problem with the rpm on the client. Rpm installs are OK sometimes--other times, I'd
>rather not deal with 'em.
>
> anyone else wanna take a stab at this?
Amanda on the client (redhat2) can't resolve the IP address 172.16.3.1
to a host name. Add a proper line to redhat2's /etc/hosts or set up
3.16.172.in-addr.arpa on your favorite DNS server.