getaddrinfo: Host not found problem

[Randy Kasha]

Hello,

I am trying to use rsync  (version 2.5.5) in a server client
model to distribute software files. When I kick off the
rsync client on an AIX 4.3.3 pwr3 platform (machine grp4c),
I get the following error message. We are in a real bind to
get this protocol going; any help/insight/suggestions would
be "greatly" appreciated.

   rsync: getaddrinfo: grp4c 873: Host not found
   rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at
../clientserver.c(97)
   _exit_cleanup(code=10, file=../clientserver.c, line=97):
about to call exit(10)

I can rsh/ping/telnet to grp4c (the server machine - linux)
from the AIX client machine with no problems. The rsync
client never actually contacts the server at all (when I
stop the server on grp4c, I get exactly the same message on
the client).

Thanks.

Randy