> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 at 8:26am, Rebecca Pakish Crum wrote > > > I'm running amanda 2.4.2p2 on a RH box as my backup server. I > > installed the amanda client on my (sol8) firewall on > Friday, and set > > up a rule for the server to get to the firewall for amanda > services - > > amcheck runs fine and reports no errors. But when my amdump > kicks off > > at night, my report says: > > > > firewall.unter /export/home/rebecca lev 0 FAILED [could not > connect to > > firewall.unterlaw.com] > > You have to allow traffic on not just the amanda port, but also high > numbered TCP ports for the data connections. On Linux > clients, I put in > the following iptables rules: > > # Amanda from chaos > -A INPUT -p udp -s $SERVER_IP_ADDRESS -d 0/0 --dport 10080 -j > ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s $SERVER_IP_ADDRESS -d 0/0 > --dport 1025:65535 -j ACCEPT > > With just the first rule (allowing UDP traffic to port > 10080), the client > will pass amcheck but fail amdump. The second rule (allowing TCP > traffic to all non-priviledged ports) actually allows data to flow. >
Thought I should send a note and let everyone know that this fixed my problem. I forgot to update it last week. THANK YOU! > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University > >
