Re: [Duplicity-talk] Hostname changes....

[Chris Poole]

Try just using --allow-source-mismatch

Chris

On 1 Jan 2011, at 21:41, Scott Hannahs <address@hidden> wrote:

> I am getting an error every so often that tells me that my hostname has 
> changed.  There seems to be a capitalization issue.
> 
> 
> Fatal Error: Backup source host has changed.
> Current hostname: diospyros.local
> Previous hostname: Diospyros.local
> 
> Now this seems to happen after I have connected and disconnected through VPN 
> and the hostname has been reset?
> 
> How is the hostname determined?  There are about 4 ways to get a "computer 
> name" or "host name" on Mac OS X.  They are all giving me the capitalized 
> name.  But duplicity is reporting that the current hostname is not 
> capitalized.  It seems to be using either the "hostname" or "uname" functions.
> 
> % hostname
> Diospyros.local
> % scutil --get ComputerName
> Diospyros
> % scutil --get LocalHostName
> Diospyros
> % uname -n
> Diospyros.local
> 
> As a proposal should duplicity be using a case independent comparison to see 
> if the backup source host has changed?
> 
> Mac OS X 10.6.5, duplicity version 0.6.11
> 
> -Scott
> 
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