[osiris] Re: Problems initializing hosts

[David Thiel]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 12:34:31PM -0700, Nathan wrote:
> When I go to initialize a host I keep getting "!! unable to contact
> host: 192.168.1.2 initialization halted.". I can ping the host from the
> management box and can also telnet to 2265 with out any problems. Tired
> moving the management server to another host but the same problem keeps
> coming up. Any ideas what I'm missing or where I should look for a fix?

One thing to check is that the time is correct on both boxes. This can
cause scan failures and possibly initialization problems.