Yes, I always remove that /etc/hosts line on Debian.
There is usually no need to specify fdaddress. It could be useful for
security, e.g. on a machine with multiple network cards or set to localhost if
you are also running the Director and Storage Daemon on the same machine.
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I have answered my own question. My error was to set the fdaddress
directive in the fd(s) to the remote hostname(s). My /etc/hosts files have
the line
127.0.1.1
The fdaddress directives did exactly that. This is a typical /etc/hosts on
Debian and derivative systems I understand. This directive s
