On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 at 11:45am, Joseph Myers wrote
> The exact amcheck message is:
>
> Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> --------------------------------
> WARNING: xxx.smpr.ornl.gov: selfcheck request timed out. Host down?
> Client check: 3 hosts checked in 30.025 seconds, 1 problem found
>
> (brought to you by Amanda 2.4.2p2)
>
> There are no error files in the /tmp/amanda directory on the client.
> Thanks for your help
(As an aside, could you please stop top-posting -- replying under the
relevant text makes the conversation much easier to follow. Thanks.)
OK, so amanda simply cannot talk to the client, period (as indicated by no
/tmp/amanda entries on the clients). Stuff to check:
1) You did send a SIGHUP to inetd on the clients after you edited
inetd.conf, right?
2) You can ping/ssh/etc to the client from the server, right?
4) Are there any relevant entries in /var/log/{messages,secure} on the
clients?
5) Is amandad from the server an allowed service in /etc/hosts.allow on
the clients?
5) Are you *sure* that there are no ipchains rules in the way. Unless you
tell it not to, 7.1 sets up ipchains rules that will interfere with
amanda. What are the contents of /etc/sysconfig/ipchains on the
server? This probably isn't causing the problem above, but it could
come into play later.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
