--On Monday, December 22, 2003 16:52:25 +0000 Dean Pullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do I work out which ports the rpm is setup to use? > Would it be just a default high port? Look in /tmp/amanda/amandad.*.debug, it should show the configure command used to build it. If you don't see --with-tcpportrange= --with-udpportrange= then it is just using it's built-in defaults. According to PORT.USAGE it first tries to use ports 512-1023, and if that fails it tries 1024+, for both UDP and TCP. Frank > > Dean. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 December 2003 16:45 > To: Dean Pullen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: database01 /export lev 0 FAILED 20031222[could not connect to > database01] > > --On Monday, December 22, 2003 16:23:29 +0000 Dean Pullen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm getting a failure when running amdump. >> database01 /export lev 0 FAILED 20031222[could not connect to database01] >> >> It seems I'm having a few different packets dropped to different ports > when >> using amdump, so presumably this is the problem. >> >> What ports does amanda use? I'm seeing ports such as 32776, 32777, 32778 > etc >> appear in my shorewall packet drop log. >> >> Dean. >> >> > Unless you built Amanda to only use a certain port range, the > data is sent back to random high ports (the PORT.USAGE file in > the docs directory of the source has all the details). To run > Amanda through a firewall, you either need to build it with the > port range options and allow those ranges through your firewall, > allow all high ports through your firewall from your clients to > your server, or use an iptables firewall (the latest versions > have Amanda support buit in). > Which one you choose is based on the security needs of your > environment. > > Frank -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501
