Also sprach Jay Lessert (Tue 01 Jul 02003 at 07:45:50PM -0700): > On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 09:08:33PM -0500, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > Of course, I have tried every combination of hostname and address in > > disklist, and also made certain that that name there is the _same_ as > > that used in amandahosts: > > > > # bragi.private.network sda1 comp-root > > # bragi.private.network sda4 comp-user > > 192.168.123.150 sda1 comp-root > > 192.168.123.150 sda4 comp-user > > # localhost sda1 comp-root > > # localhost sda4 comp-user > > Report the problem using a single configuration that you believe > should work. In this case, I'm not sure what what would be.
OK, I understand your perplexity; however, I started with the default localhost, moved to simply bragi, then bragi.private.network, and finally to it ip address -- *ALL* exhibited identical behaviour, as far as I can see. So, please, help me by telling me which configuration that you want to see documented, and what output you want to see from that configuration. I will gladly supply the data, if you can help me resolve this problem. > Do you really have a DNS server that resolves ".network" as a TLD? Yes, I run tinydns on this private network. > > # ping bragi > > PING Bragi.private.network (192.168.123.150): 56 data bytes > ^ > -------- Is the "Bragi" (not "bragi") real, or some sort of typo? OK, bragi is Bragi in dns; but, name resolution, by rfc, is case insensitive. > > Everywhere, I see the strong warnings against using localhost. With > > Debian, localhost is the default used in disklist. Why this adversity > > for localhost? > > It is a bad idea IMO, 1) because the reverse lookup will often fail, 2) > because "localhost" in the amanda records is not very > self-documenting. > > There are lots of things in default setups that are bad. Yes, of course. Nevertheless, some newbies want to know the reason why . . . P.S., Is there some reason that you do not want your participation in this thread posted to the mailing list? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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