Hello,

I have a Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze server running backuppc 3.1.0. I have 
a client machine (vdm) also running Debian GNU/Linux Squeeze which 
receives its IP address from a DHCP server.

I can find the client's IP address by calling

nmblookup vdm.

I have the following host file entry:

vdm     0       xxxxxxx

and the following overrides in vdm.pl:

$Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $hostIP $rsyncPath 
$argList+';
$Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $hostIP 
$rsyncPath $argList+';

However, everytime I try to launch a backup, I get a "Backup aborted 
(Unable to read 4 bytes)" error. The ssh line used by backuppc is:

/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root vdm /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender 
--numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times 
--block-size=2048 --recursive --ignore-times . /PATH/TO/USER/DIRS

i.e. it seems to try to connect to $host instead of $hostIP.

I just can't find out what is wrong with my config.

Can anyone point me in the right direction ?

Moritz

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