On 07/27/2010 10:28 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/27/2010 1:46 PM, Frank J. Gómez wrote: > >> I have a new instance set up, and BackupPC is not initiating backups >> because pings keep failing. The behavior is really quite strange; >> please read on: >> >> "nmblookup vostro1400" gives me 10.10.10.102. This is correct. >> >> "nmblookup -A 10.10.10.102" gives me vostro1400. This, too, is correct. >> >> My config file tells me: $Conf{PingCmd} = '$pingPath -c 1 $host'; >> >> The command "ping -c 1 vostro1400" gives: >> >> PING vostro1400 (8.15.7.117) 56(84) bytes of data. >> >> >> --- vostro1400 ping statistics --- >> >> 1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms >> >> >> What's up with that crazy IP address? Why isn't ping resolving >> vostro1400 to 10.10.10.102? (Shouldn't we be pinging the IP address >> instead of the hostname, anyway?) >> >> Any insight would be much appreciated. >> > That IP address is what a DNS lookup returns, so it depends on your dns > server and domain search list (as configured on the backuppc server). I > thought it would use nmblookup if you checked the dhcp box in the > backuppc hosts config. If it is a static IP, you can use the > ClientAlias setting to supply the IP if DNS doesn't work. > > So you should check your: /etc/resolv.conf /etc/hosts
Possible use a fully qualified domainname: volstrol400.office An other tip, maybe add a . at the end, so that search from /etc/resolv.conf is not used Also have a look at the output of: $ hostname That should give you an idea of what it might be looking for and what it might find. :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;226879339;13503038;l? http://clk.atdmt.com/CRS/go/247765532/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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/