Yes that would have been an option. The real issue was simply realising what the problem was. I had a sweaty period of thinking "Oh no, i've buggered the DNS and bacula both", help help!
--John Robert LeBlanc wrote: > Why not just replace the DNS names with the IP addresses in the config > files temporally? > > Robert LeBlanc > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bacula-users- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Huttley >> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 8:16 PM >> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [Bacula-users] Nasty Gotcha with bacula >> >> Hi, >> >> I've just recovered from blitzing my /etc/bind/named.conf file. >> I must have done it weeks ago but not restarted the server until now. >> >> Bacula could not restore this file because the console would not >> > connect > >> to the director. >> >> Why? because all the bacula conf files use dns host names. >> No DNS, no connect, no bacula, no restoring dns files! >> >> Fortunately, my zone files were ok so I edited named.conf enough to >> > get > >> local machines resolved. >> Then I could restore the correct file. >> >> I have now got a tgz of my root filesystem just in case.. >> >> --john >> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >> Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >> control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >> http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
