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BACULA-DIR(8) Network backup, recovery&verification BACULA-DIR(8)

NAME

bacula-dir - Bacula Director

SYNOPSIS

bacula-dir [options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the bacula-dir command.
Bacula's Director Daemon acts as the controller of the network backup system: it is responsible for scheduling and coordinating backups across the network.

OPTIONS

Specify the configuration file to use.
Set debug level to nn.
Print timestamp in debug output.
Run in foreground (for debugging).
Set the group/gid to run as.
Print kaboom output (for debugging)
Run <job>.
No signals (for debugging).
Test the configuration file and report errors.
Set the username/uid to run as.
Set verbose mode.
-?
Show version and usage of program.

TCP-WRAPPERS CONFIGURATION

Tcpwrappers looks for the service name of the bacula daemons in hosts.allow , and the service names of these daemons is configured to be different from the binary. The service names are configured to be %hostname%-%component% rather than bacula-dir (As defined in the bacula-dir.conf.in file)

So the hosts.allow entry has to match %hostname%-%component% (servername-dir for example) instead of bacula-%component%

WARNING: This means that if the hosts.allow file has the entry:

bacula-dir: ALL

you will not be able to run bconsole to connect to the local director!

The entry would have to read:

server-dir: ALL

and this will allow the console to connect to the director. (The process running is bacula-dir.)

SEE ALSO

bacula-fd(8), bacula-sd(8).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>.

6 December 2009 Kern Sibbald