BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2014-11-10 13:15:04
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: tschmid4 <tschmid4 AT utk DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:13:43 -0600
On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, tschmid4 <tschmid4 AT utk DOT edu> wrote:
>
> I've added a new Windows (Virtual Box) server running on RHEL 7 platform. 
> That is giving me a no ping (host not found)
> Message in the Backuppc Configuration Editor.
>  Xfer: SMB
> I've compared it to an existing Windows box on the network and it's setup 
> identical as far as I can tell.

That might be as simple as having the Windows host firewall on.  If
you want to leave it that way and you are able to map the share(s) you
are trying to back up from smbclient or other windows hosts, you can
set PingCmd to something like /bin/true to keep it from failing.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
      lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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