> my server (fiume) and my client (stremen) both have a firewall and the > client fails to be backed up (the server goes fine). amcheck reports > no problem. On the client, I have opened TCP/UDP port 10080, and TCP > ports 10082 and 10083, because I seem to have seen something like that > when googling. > > I have also seen that apparently the data connection between server and > client at the time of the actual backup uses a variety of ports, or are > looking for free ports, but I do not understand really all this. Below > are the relevant error messages:
They do. If you are using iptable/ipchain (whatever the most recent) there is a module for amanda that you could use. Else you may reconfigure your server to use only a certain port range and open these in your firewall. Olivier
