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)

-- 
Bowie

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