From: Les M. <les...@gm...> - 2011-08-03 13:03:09
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On 8/3/11 2:31 AM, jiahwei wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing this error when trying to backup a client machine running on fedora 13. > > > > "xxxxx is a DHCP host, and I don't know its IP address. I checked the netbios name of 10.217.22.29, and found that that machine is not xxxxx. > > Until I see xxxxx at a particular DHCP address, you can only start this request from the client machine itself. " > > I did a nmblookup, but it didnt return me my the hostname of the client machine. > > I am using DHCP for the client machine. Has already ensured that the DNS ptr is pointing to the correct client machine. > > I also did configure the flag as '1' under the file hosts for dhcp If dns works, set the dhcp flag to 0. Nmblookup will only work on a linux target if you are running samba and have the appropriate ports open in the firewall. -- Les Mikesell les...@gm... |