On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 02:55:40PM -0500, Qian Chen enlightened us: > Hi > Both computers are on the private network. 192.168.1.100 is the amanda > server and 192.168.1.47 is the client. > $amcheck DailySet1 > gave this error > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > ERROR: 192.168.1.47: [addr 192.168.1.100: hostname lookup failed] > Client check: 1 host checked in 0.031 seconds, 1 problem found > > I tried to add "192.168.1.47 client" to the /etc/hosts file and got the > similar error message. Both machines are using redhat8.0 amd amanda 2.4.3. > > Thanks for your help >
You need to make sure the client can resolve 192.168.1.100, whether that's through DNS or an entry in /etc/hosts (on the client). Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Ohio University (740) 593-1263
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