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Re: [BackupPC-users] [newb] hostname resolution

2011-03-22 08:29:41
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] [newb] hostname resolution
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:27:43 -0500
On 3/22/11 6:35 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
> This is a linux server backing up a linux client.
>
> 2011-03-22 07:00:02 Can't find host nbecker1 via netbios
>
> Yeah, the client wasn't connected at that time.  But I don't want to use 
> netbios
> to resolve the name.  It's a linux client.  Why isn't it using dns?

Do you have the DHCP option set to 1 in the hosts file?  Normally you don't 
need 
that even if you do use dhcp.  The special case is mentioned in the docs.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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