Re: [BackupPC-users] ping pb when backing up

[Craig B. <cr...@at...>]

> After a full back up, the CGI ends with: 
> 
> "Reply from server was: ok:
> requested backup of samy "
> 
> However, if I look at the /var/backuppc/samy/LOG:
> 2002/7/30 15:23:38 no ping response
> [...]
> 
> 	I did not find anything in the doc nor the archive of the mailing list
> about it. 
> Note: I use debian, and the 2 version 1.4 and 1.5 do that :(

Is samy a DHCP host or fixed IP?  If it is DHCP them the issue could
be that BackupPC doesn't know its IP address.

Why don't you try the exact ping command that BackupPC is using: look
in the config.pl file and check $Conf{PingPath} and $Conf{PingArgs},
and run this command as the BackupPC user on the BackupPC server:

    $Conf{PingPath} $Conf{PingArgs} samy

eg:

    /bin/ping -c 1 samy

Craig