Have you tried installing a WINS server on the openvpn box? then configure
openvpn to push the WINS address out to clients? then nmblookup with
consult with the WINS server for name resolution and backuppc will be able
to backup via hostname instead of IP.
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Kurt Jasper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Dan,
>
> thanks for the hint, I haven't use $Conf{ClientNameAlias} before.
> But the 'problem' with this setup will be that I need to edit more than
> one file when the IP-address of the backup client will be changed
> (/etc/hosts and /etc/backuppc/CLIENT.pl).
>
> I was able to make a successfull backup from my Windows XP Client with
> OpenVPN using rsync by adding an entry to /etc/hosts
>
> <OpenVPN IP> <CLIENT-NAME>
>
> and making sure that I can SSH as root from the backuppc-server to the
> client.
>
> While this setup is now working from outside the LAN, it doesn't work
> when I'm in my company, since I can't use the OpenVPN-IP.
>
> It seems that I cannot establish a VPN-Connection when I'm connected
> locally to our LAN at the office. I'm running OpenVPN on an IPCop
> Firewall. I know that this is kind of OT here.
>
> My idea to make it possible to run backups from backuppc as a
> roadwarrior (via OpenVPN) and also local (when connected via Ethernet at
> the office):
>
> * local-client-ip: is the IP the XP client has when connected via
> Ethernet at the office
> * vpn-client-ip: is the IP the client has when it is outside the office
> and connected via OpenVPN
>
> if ping local-client-ip = successfull
> then set $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = local-client-ip
> if ping vpn-client-ip = successfull
> then set $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = vpn-client-ip
> Backup using the ClientNameAlias
>
> Any idea how to implement this or do you know about another approach to
> backup a client that has to be reached by different IP-adresses
> (Roadwarrior and local use).
>
> kind regards from berlin
>
> - Kurt
>
>
>
>
>
> dan wrote:.
> > instead of using the entry in /etc/hosts, just put the IP in client
> > alias in the hosts config file. backuppc uses nmblookup to resolve IP
> > from HOSTNAME and nmblookup does not check /etc/hosts.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> >
> > Kurt Jasper wrote:
> > >
> > > What I want:
> > > To backup the Windows XP Notebook via OpenVPN using rsyncd.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I never got rsync working (using cygwin) and
> > browsing the
> > > web, it seems that rsyncd is the preferred method.
> > > But before I try to get Rsyncd working I would like to check if
> > > everything else is working and use the Samba-approach.
> > >
> > > Problem: The notebook can not be found from the server.
> > >
> > > Notebooks IP is: 10.128.2.10 <http://10.128.2.10> and I've added
> > a line to /etc/hosts:
> > >
> > > 10.128.2.10 <http://10.128.2.10> x31
> > >
> > > ~$ ping x31
> > > PING x31 (10.128.2.10 <http://10.128.2.10>) 56(84) bytes of data.
> > > 64 bytes from x31 (10.128.2.10 <http://10.128.2.10>): icmp_seq=1
> > ttl=127 time=85.6 ms
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Pinging x31 from the server is working, so there is a connection,
> but
> > > when trying to use nmblookup the notebook can not be found.
> > >
> > > I tried both
> > > # nmblookup x31
> > > # nmblookup -B 10.128.2.255 <http://10.128.2.255> x31
> > >
> > > both commands retur: name_query failed to find name x31
> > >
> > > Question:
> > >
> > > Can someone give me some more information about how to get this
> done?
> >
> > If you set the dhcp option to 0 in the backuppc host file and have
> some
> > other way of resolving the name (your /etc/hosts entery) it should
> not
> > try to use nmblookup.
> >
> > --
> > Les Mikesell
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I've read the backuppc-manual but I think a complete walkthrough
> > > covering the task: 'Backup from Windows over a VPN using rsyncd'
> > would
> > > be really great - and I'm willing to write this but before that,
> > I need
> > > to know how to setup rsyncd and why my notebook can be pinged but
> > > nmblookup return an error.
> > >
> > > Any help would be great and thanks for the hint to use OpenVPN,
> great
> > > piece of software (like backuppc (of course))
> > >
> > > kind regards
> > >
> > > Kurt Jasper
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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