On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 06:22:39PM +0200, Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi, > > >> In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > >> machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but > >> haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let > >> BackupPC know he machine is alive? > > > >What ports are available? > >could something like httping be used as a substitute for /bin/ping? > > i remember i use - not with BackupPC - a perl script that allow to probe any > host port (both TCP anf UDP ) - and also ping. > It use both Net::Ping and Socket. > > The solution could be something like that, or simply a telnet to a specific > port and work with output. > Just run nmap to that host to see available port.
I've been using netcat -z $host $port for easy "is that port open?" tests. You'll need rsyncd or ssh access anyway, so just check these ports. HTH, Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.tisc.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
