Two options that I can think of: -) Static DHCP assignment. Have your admin configure the router to give a specific IP to specific MAC addresses.
-) Write a daemon that monitors the OS for an ip change and then notifies the backup server, changing the backuppc configuration accordingly. The first is vastly easier then the second. -james On Sep 20, 2007, at 8:37 AM, Jon Saints wrote: > I have a number of Linux and Mac clients that acquire network > addresses via DHCP. The backuppc server is able to identify > clients without trouble using nmblookup, and I back them up using > SHH/rsync. > > The problem occurs when the DHCP server changes the IP address of > one of the clients. Once this happens, the security key exchange > that i did originally with the client is no longer valid. As a > result, subsequent backups fail. > > What is the best way around this? I prefer to keep my clients using > DHCP. Would using a local Certificate Authority solve this problem? > or is my best option to have the DHCP server assign fixed IPs to > the clients that need to be backed up (i would prefer to avoid this > if possible)? > > Thanks for your thoughts! > Jon > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your > story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. > http://sims.yahoo.com/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
