On Thursday 26 June 2003 06:39, Paul Bijnens wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> That file should exist in /home/"amanda-user"/.amandahosts, and >> look something like this: >> --------------- >> FQDN amanda >> FQDN root >> --------------- >> Where my amanda-user is amanda. And I'm not sure if the second >> line is needed at all. FQDN is the servers full name of course. >> This file must also exist on the clients, in the same location, >> which gives the server access rights there too. > >On the client the first line is needed so that the user "amanda" >can start a backup on this client; FQDN = name of server in this > case. > >On the server the second line is needed so that "root" on the client >can start a restore; FQDN = name of the client in this case. > >The meaning is: when some "username" from "host" connects, let him > in. > >So, usually you have a oneliner on each client, and a large list on > the server. (Also remember the server is also a client in most > cases.) You can leave most of entries on the server commented > out(*), so that someone from workstation A with root access cannot > restore files from or SecretServer B, if security is a concern. > >(*) commented out = there is no real comment sign but if you add a >#-sign in front of the name, the hostname effectively never matches, >(unless you really have a host named "#" or '#host' :-) ).
Thanks for clarifying that Paul. -- Cheers, Gene AMD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 320M [EMAIL PROTECTED] 512M 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
