Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2014-11-11 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Les Mikesell wrote on 2014-11-10 15:08:49 -0600 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes]: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > > > > > actually, "host not found" is a failure to resolve the host name (by DNS and > > netbios). > > Which might - or might not - stil

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2014-11-11 Thread tschmid4
Correct. The Virtual box has Network and Internet access. Terry -Original Message- From: G.W. Haywood [mailto:bac...@jubileegroup.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 12:48 PM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes Hi there, On

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2014-11-11 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Tue, 11 Nov 2014, Les Mikesell wrote: > We are also assuming that your virtualbox network is bridged ... The VirtualBox default is NAT, the OP's Windows box may be on 10.0.0.0/8. -- 73, Ged. -- Comprehen

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)

2014-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 10:50 AM, tschmid4 wrote: > I can ping client host name and IP from server. That answers half of the question of what is different. Now why does the ping command issued by backuppc fail? Note that the command itself is configurable, there could be a typo in the host nam

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)

2014-11-11 Thread tschmid4
I can ping server host name and IP from client. I can ping client host name and IP from server. I don't see any server specific entries in any of the .conf files on the server. I don't understand what's different about this machine that it would need it's configuration added to a file with no othe

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)

2014-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:38 AM, tschmid4 wrote: > Backuppc looks by name? > You don't have to guess at this - it uses whatever you configured. Did you type the same thing on the command line to test it? If that is the difference, then you need to decide if you want a work-around by putting the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)

2014-11-11 Thread tschmid4
Backuppc looks by name? Terry -Original Message- From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:27 AM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Cc: Holger Parplies Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping) On

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)

2014-11-11 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 AM, tschmid4 wrote: > > So, I can ping the backuppc server from the server I need backed up and visa > versa. > [...] > Just get the no ping (no ping response) when starting a backup. > Take one step at a time here: What is different about the ping that succeeds manua

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes (No Ping)

2014-11-11 Thread tschmid4
Samba server is a different box than Backuppc. So, I can ping the backuppc server from the server I need backed up and visa versa. File and Print sharing is enabled on the Windows server needing to be backed up. What's confusing me is I can look at the configuration of an existing Windows serve

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2014-11-11 Thread Mauro Condarelli
Il 08/11/2014 17:20, Holger Parplies ha scritto: > Hi, > > Mauro Condarelli wrote on 2014-11-07 22:45:53 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Unable to read 4 bytes]: >> [...] >> What follows is what I use to setup a key exchange, > I don't believe that's completely true ;-). AAARRGGHH!! Sorry, my bad.