diff -Nur e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.old/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.new/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup
--- e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.old/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2015-10-11 21:55:16.705468622 +0200
+++ e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.new/root/etc/e-smith/locale/en-us/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2015-10-29 22:56:34.807907323 +0100
@@ -928,5 +928,8 @@
     <base>Mounted disk</base>
     <trans>Mounted disk</trans>
   </entry>
- </lexicon>
- 
+  <entry>
+   <base>ERROR_WHEN_TESTING_REMOTE_SERVER</base>
+   <trans>The parameters have been saved, however the remote host is not reachable, please check your settings.</trans>
+  </entry>
+</lexicon>
diff -Nur e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.new/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup
--- e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.old/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2015-10-11 21:55:16.741473836 +0200
+++ e-smith-backup-2.4.0.bz9090.new/root/etc/e-smith/web/functions/backup	2015-10-15 23:47:28.040059646 +0200
@@ -1729,6 +1729,21 @@
 	system("/sbin/e-smith/signal-event", "conf-backup") == 0
 	    or die($fm->localise('ERR_CONF_BACKUP'),"\n");
 
+    # we test if the remote host is reachable, else we simply display a warning
+    if ( $VFSType =~ m/cifs|nfs/s )
+    {
+    my $error_message = vmount($backupwkStation,$backupwkFolder,$backupwkMount,$VFSType);
+    if (! $error_message)
+        {
+        bunmount($backupwkMount,$VFSType);
+        }
+    elsif ($error_message)
+        {
+        esmith::cgi::genResult($q, $fm->localise('ERROR_WHEN_TESTING_REMOTE_SERVER').$q->br() . "$error_message");
+        return;
+        }
+    }
+
 	esmith::cgi::genResult(
 		$q, $fm->localise('SUCCESSFULLY_ENABLED_WORKSTN').$q->br().
 		$fm->localise('WITH_BACKUP_TIME')."$backupwkHour:$backupwkMin");
@@ -3217,6 +3232,23 @@
     return;
 }
 
+#Used to test if the remote share is mountable when you save settings in database
+sub vmount
+{
+    # mount dar unit according to dar-workstation configuration in order to test the remote host
+    # return nothing if mount successfull
+    my ($host,$share,$mountdir,$VFSType) = @_;
+    if ($VFSType eq 'cifs')
+    {
+    return ( qx(/bin/mount -t cifs "//$host/$share" $mountdir -o credentials=/etc/dar/CIFScredentials,nounix 2>&1) );
+    }
+    elsif ($VFSType eq 'nfs')
+    {
+    return ( qx(/bin/mount -t nfs -o nolock,timeo=30,retrans=1,retry=0 "$host:/$share" $mountdir 2>&1) );
+    }
+
+}
+
 __DATA__
 <form>
 </form>