Troubleshooting

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Issue
Amanda server and backup client are connected to the Internet via ADSL. It seems that when Amanda on the backup client does a DNS lookup for my Amanda server, it sees something like:
[email protected]

which is generated by the ISP. Since the machine has a static IP address, the really-long-and-annoying-hostname shouldn't change. How to use backup server's hostname actual hostname (amanda.mydomain.com) instead of the long ISP name?

Solution
  • Define the IP address in the hosts file (/etc/hosts) on the backup client

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX amanda.mydomain.com

  • Change the name lookup order in /etc/nsswitch.conf file to
      hosts:      files dns

The lookup order, eg. files dns (and/or ldap, nis, ...) so that hosts file is searched before name servers.