Hi,

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> I have fixed most of the problems I have encountered but the problem I am
> getting is a Port Not Secure error when trying to connect to Amanda
> clients.

[...]

> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> ERROR: bill: [host rimmer: port 32884 not secure]
> ERROR: ben: [host rimmer: port 32884 not secure]
> Client check: 2 hosts checked in 0.502 seconds, 2 problems found.

Is amcheck installed SETUID root? If not, and you are running it as the
amanda user (as required), it won't be able to open a "secure" port below 
1024.  There are several other programs that must be setuid root, but I 
think that's the only one in the "sbin" area (the rest are in libexec).

Some other problems that have caused this:

1. Firewalls that do Network Address Translation, since they usually munge the
   port numbers as they forward on the connection.  I think there's 
   something in the FAQ-O-Matic about this.

2. Using --with-portrange during the "./configure" part of the build.
   I don't recall the specifics, but I think this option was broken for 
   some time.

Hope this helps,

-Ben
-- 
Benjamin Lewis                        Thank goodness modern convenience is a 
Database Analyst/Programmer                  thing of the remote future.
Purdue University Computing Center                  -- Pogo, by Walt Kelly
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