----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Mikesell" <lesmikes...@gmail.com> To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Cc: "Jeff Boyce" <jbo...@meridianenv.com> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Connection failed, nt status bad network name
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Jeff Boyce <jbo...@meridianenv.com> wrote: >> >> I am setting up BackupPC for the first time and it is failing to connect >> to >> the first test client. The error that BackupPC is giving me is shown >> below. >> >> Error: >> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME >> >> Then later I see this at the top of the Host Summary Page: >> Pings to jab-opti755 have failed 23 consecutive times. > > Do the target's have their host firewalls enabled? > >> My hypothesis, is that I do not have proper NetBios name resolution (or >> caching) occurring within my network. > > If you have fixed IP's and they are in DNS it shouldn't matter. > >> >> However, from Bacteria I can't get a listing of NetBios names. >> >> [root@bacteria ~]# findsmb > > Will this show netbios name? > nmblookup -A 192.168.112.125 > Yes, this appears to show netbios name. [root@bacteria ~]# nmblookup -A 192.168.112.125 Looking up status of 192.168.112.125 JAB-OPTI755 <00> - M <ACTIVE> WORKGROUP <00> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE> JAB-OPTI755 <20> - M <ACTIVE> WORKGROUP <1e> - <GROUP> M <ACTIVE> >> If there is any additional information that is needed to help pinpoint >> the >> problem, or identify a solution, let me know. My knowledge of NetBios >> naming is pretty limited, so I am looking for some expert guidance to >> resolve this issue. > > Try using smbclient to connect to the shares you are trying to back > up, using the same names and credentials. You might get better error > messages in an interactive mode. > I am not familiar with smbclient options and example usage. Will have to look this up more, but a basic query gives the same error as BackupPC. [root@bacteria ~]# smbclient -L jab-opti755 Enter root's password: session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE I have been reviewing Chapter 10 (Network Browsing) of the Samba documents, and here is something that caught my attention. I am not sure if this is something relevant to my issue, so I am hoping someone can enlighten me. My Samba config does not include a name resolve order setting. And looking at the original Samba config that came with the CentOS 6 installation, there was not one in that either. I checked my old Samba Server (RHEL 3) and it was in the original config for that one, but commented out. Is this maybe my problem, do I need to include the following line in my Samba config to complete a proper configuration? name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast host Jeff Jeff Boyce Meridian Environmental www.meridianenv.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/