From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261251AbUL1P2Y (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:28:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261784AbUL1P2Y (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:28:24 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:11705 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261251AbUL1P2U (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:28:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:17:29 -0200 From: Marcelo Tosatti To: Larry McVoy , James Bottomley , Larry McVoy , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [BK] disconnected operation Message-ID: <20041228091728.GA24507@logos.cnet> References: <1104077531.5268.32.camel@mulgrave> <20041226162727.GA27116@work.bitmover.com> <1104079394.5268.34.camel@mulgrave> <20041226171900.GA27706@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041226171900.GA27706@work.bitmover.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 09:19:00AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 10:43:13AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 08:27 -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > > > I suspect that your hostname changes when you disconnect. Leases are > > > issued on a per host basis. If you make your hostname constant when > > > you unplug it should work. If it doesn't, let us know. > > > > Well, that's a new one, but no, I have a fixed hostname which dhcp is > > forbidden from changing. > > Let's do a little poll here to find out if it is specific to you or if > this is a problem that everyone is having. Could we get people who > use BK disconnected to stand up and be counted? Does this work for > anyone? > > For James, could you do a little debugging please? Run the following > when you are plugged in and it works and also when it doesn't: > > bk getuser > bk getuser -r > bk gethost > bk gethost -r > bk dotbk > > We'll track it down and fix it if it is a problem on our end. This stuff > is supposed to work, we certainly haven't intentionally caused a problem. Larry, I have never been able to use BK in disconnected mode, which is very annoying. It fails to connect to lease.openlogging.org as James describes. Is disconnected operation supposed to work ? It didnt seem so.