Arjun writes: > The server claims that it is unable to ping any of the hosts defined > in the hosts file. However, when I use `nmblookup hostname`, the IP > address that is displayed corresponds to the host, and a subsequent > pinging of that IP address is successful. What, then, could the > problem be? These hosts are all on static IP's, and are meant to be > looked up via their NetBIOS name, as far as I can tell. > > I am using BackupPC 2.1.2, perl-5.8.4, nmblookup 3.0.1.4a-Debian.
As the backuppc user, run: BackupPC_dump -v -f HOST and look at the output to see what commands BackupPC_dump runs. Hit ^C to abort the backup, if it doesn't give an error. Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/