Try to telnet to that host / port from another machine. If it fails, try to telnet to it locally on that machine. Try firewall OFF and see if that makes a difference, if the second test works but the first fails. See below for telnet syntax.
telnet 172.20.1.207 873 Trying 172.20.1.207... Connected to 172.20.1.207 (172.20.1.207). Escape character is '^]'. @RSYNCD: 29 Edouard de Ganay wrote: > Hi there, > > This might be an usual question, but I just can't find anything to get > this working > > Server : > SME 7.2 with backuppc 3.0-1 as contrib. > > client : > xp pro sp2 > > rsyncd installed on c:\program files\rsyncd > running as a service (it seems ok, I can see it as a service) > firewall open for port TCP 873 > > rsyncd.secret ok > rsyncd.conf seems ok (maybe there is a pb with spaces in directory path, > like documents and settings etc) > > When lauching a full backup of the machine, log only see : > > full backup started for directory edg > Error connecting to rsync daemon at 192.168.1.120:873: inet connect: > Connexion refusée > Got fatal error during xfer (inet connect: Connexion refusée) > Backup aborted (inet connect: Connexion refusée) > > any idea ? > > Thanks for your help, > Edd > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
