Hi, On 1/23/2007 1:44 AM, Jo Rhett wrote: >>>>- try to connect to the FD using bconsoles status comand >>> >>>This works fine. This has always worked fine. It's just the backups >>>which fail, which is why I am so very confused. >> >>Ok, now I am confused, too :-; > > > Hehehe. You're gonna laugh. > > Someone decided to bring up a new system, and just went and grabbed > the next IP. So there was a bacula client on that IP but it wasn't > the one which we had configured.
Slap someone :-) > I'm going to start hardcoding ARPs for this network to prevent that > kind of silliness again. There should be a policy to prevent such things in your organization. And why are there unused and still connected network ports? You should run around and shout at all your co-workers for a while :-) > But that does bring up the question as to why a bacula client without > the properly password was working fine for status...? That would be a bug IMO. Which version do you run? Arno -- IT-Service Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arno Lehmann http://www.its-lehmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users