Re: [BackupPC-users] PingCmd no longer having effect

2024-04-05 Thread Ian via BackupPC-users
On 4/5/24 14:52, Mike Hughes wrote: $Conf{PingCmd} = '/bin/echo $host'; Thanks for the idea, unfortunately same result. 2024-04-05 15:28:10 Can't find host myhost.com via NS and netbios 2024-04-05 15:28:10 can't ping (client = myhost.com); exiting I also tried this $Conf{PingCmd}

Re: [BackupPC-users] PingCmd no longer having effect

2024-04-05 Thread Ian via BackupPC-users
On 4/5/24 15:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 02:27:55PM -0400, Ian via BackupPC-users wrote: Hi, I've been using BackupPC for many years now, and have used /usr/bin/true as the ping command [...] Are you sure it's supposed to be /usr/bin/true and not just /bin/true

[BackupPC-users] PingCmd no longer having effect

2024-04-05 Thread Ian via BackupPC-users
Hi, I've been using BackupPC for many years now, and have used /usr/bin/true as the ping command for hosts that can't respond to ping.  However after a reboot on January 31st, my server stopped obeying pingcmd and stopped backing up those hosts due to lack of ping response.  I am using

Re: [BackupPC-users] PingCmd no longer having effect

2024-04-05 Thread Ian via BackupPC-users
to get past this and allow further troubleshooting? Robert Trevellyan On Fri, Apr 5, 2024 at 3:45 PM Ian via BackupPC-users wrote: On 4/5/24 15:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 02:27:55PM -0400, Ian via BackupPC-users wrote: >> Hi, >>

Re: [BackupPC-users] PingCmd no longer having effect

2024-04-05 Thread Ian via BackupPC-users
On 4/5/24 17:40, Les Mikesell wrote: You can use $Conf{ClientNameAlias} to point multiple hosts to the same IP (or a resolvable name). Yes, this works so long as I override the RsyncSshArgs in the host config to include the correct port. Thanks___