On 04/21/2014 11:56 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote: > On 4/20/2014 4:15 PM, Tim Evans wrote: >> Hi, my first post to this list... >> >> I have a newly set up Windows 7 PC I'm trying to back up, via Samba, >> from a CENTOS 6.5 server. >> >> All low-level connectivity testing I do shows the server can connect to >> the PC. Pings work. smbclient, smbmount, etc., successfully connect to >> the PC and I can see all the files on the PC. Still, BackupPC's log >> shows a string of: >> >> 2014-04-20 16:00:04 no ping response > > Make sure your ping testing is using the same command the server will use. > > Testing "ping server.domain.com" doesn't help much if the server is > doing "ping server". > > The server will be using either: > > $PingCmd $hostname > > or > > $PingCmd $ClientNameAlias > (if there is one) >
Thanks for your reply. It seems McAfee anti-virus went behind my back and turned the Windows firewall back on. (With both external and DMZ firewalls in place, I don't need to run a local one on the PC, too.) BackupPC is happy now. -- Tim Evans | 5 Chestnut Court Linux/UNIX Consulting | Owings Mills, MD 21117 http://www.tkevans.com/ | 443-394-3864 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ 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/
