On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Eric Chowanski <eric AT wwek DOT org> wrote:
>
> What Does Not Work:
> Ping to remote machine B works from GUI as part of a manual backup does
> not work.  The backup fails with the error: "no ping response".
>
> What I Tried:
> I researched via Google of course; the BackupPC manual.  I also tried
> via the GUI a number of different combinations for the ping command that
> were equivalent to the command line command that works.
>
>
> If anyone can point me in the right direction please let me know what
> that might be.  And yes, I know that a VPN is probably the way to go but
> unfortunately, that is not the highest priority ATM.  Please let me know
> what / if other details are relevant.  Thank you for your time.

The quick fix would be to change the ping command for that target to
something that always succeeds.  The down side is that you will then
have a longer timeout if the ssh connection attempt actually fails.

-- 
    Les Mikesell
      lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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