>>>>> On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 15:52:47 +0100, Martin Simmons said: > >>>>> On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 09:32:15 -0400, Gary Dale said: > > > > The files are all in /etc/bacula. > > > > It seems to me that if you shouldn't use localhost / 127.0.0.1 in a > > configuration file, the default configuration files shouldn't use it. > > Instead they should use a descriptive meta-value such as <network name > > of the storage device> or <network name of the changer>. This would > > prevent the services from starting until the values are replaced with > > something legitimate. They would also remove the need for multiple > > comments (most of which are NOT currently in the files) about what the > > value should not be. > > How did you install Bacula? It doesn't use localhost when compiling from > source, but possibly some packager wanted to make it work out of the box on a > single machine so configured it to use localhost.
Sorry, I see now that it was Debian. Looking at their bacula-common package, I see that it: 1) Uses localhost for everything in bacula-dir.conf. 2) Use DirAddress = 127.0.0.1, SDAddress = 127.0.0.1 and FDAddress = 127.0.0.1 in the corresponding conf files, so each daemon only listens on 127.0.0.1. That is a "safe" default config for someone to play with on a workstation because it prevents connections from outside, but it won't work on a network server. You can just remove the DirAddress, SDAddress and FDAddress directives if your local network is safe. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=367105 __Martin _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
