On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Claude Gélinas <[email protected]> wrote: > Le Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:08:27 -0600, > Les Mikesell <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Claude Gélinas <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > How can I backup a client via rsync if I can't ping it. >> > I actually managed to setup the ssh link where I can login as root >> > without password >> > >> > but the backup fail with the 'no ping response' as that client is >> > beyon a firewall where the ping response has been deactivated >> > >> > Any idea ?? >> >> Change the command to something that will succeed: >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_pingpath_ >> > > OK I've replaced it with /bin/echo and it works perfectly
I had a little different problem. My client will respond to ping responses, but at times SSH service on client was started. I have replace my ping command with /usr/bin/ssh -l root $host true That made sure that the client is up and running SSH service before backuppc starts backup. > > Thanks HTH With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System Pvt. Ltd. +91-98213-11906 +91-9833-TICKET http://www.shahmicro.com http://iopt.in http://crm.iopt.in Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
