Stefan Jurisch wrote:
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> Hello Michael,
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> Michael Stowe schrieb:
>> If I were a betting person, I would bet that something did, in fact,
>> change, whether it was intended or not, and could have been one of dozens
>> of things, including using an automated tool to look at your share
>> configuration (kcontrol is notorious for this.) It could also, of course,
>> be your network itself, so standard diagnostics (ping, for example) should
>> be applied to your problem. Something may have tightened up your
>> firewall, or disrupted your dns resolution.
>
> So far so good. I have checked the most typically known issues before
> contacting the list. But after reading your answer, I did all tests
> again. In fact, I did indeed dozens of them, but
>
> - neither DNS has a problem (hosts have entries in our internal
> DNS server *and* /etc/hosts on the backup machine (failback)
> - nor could it be a software linke kcontrol, because I use an
> OpenSUSE 11.1 standard *minimal* installation
> - standard network diagnostics have been run and
> the network itself passed all applied tests
> - firewall is not an issue because all runs within a DMZ
>
> The curious thing is that linux some machines backup still normally, and
> the linux machines, secured by the same backup machine, run still as
> usual, too.
>
> I personally do not see anything that can be done, so perhaps you have
> another tipp that is less "default"? ;-)
>
The first advice was:
"The first thing to verify, of course, is that smbclient can connect
using the command line."
That's the one that matters for smb xfers. Can you connect with
smbclient to the sharename in question with the same credentials
configured in backuppc?
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
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