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 -c file
Specify the configuration file to use.
-d nn Set debug level to nn.
-dt Print timestamp in debug output.
-f Run in foreground (for debugging).
-g group
Set the group/gid to run as.
-m Print kaboom output (for debugging)
-r job Run <job>.
-s No signals (for debugging).
-t Test the configuration file and report errors.
-u user
Set the username/uid to run as.
-v 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>.
Kern Sibbald 6 December 2009 BACULA-DIR(8)
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BSMTP(1) Network backup, recovery and verification BSMTP(1)NAME
bsmtp - Bacula's SMTP client (mail submission program)
SYNOPSIS
bsmtp [options] <recipient> <...>
DESCRIPTION
bsmtp is a simple mail user agent designed to permit more flexibility than the standard mail programs typically found on Unix systems, and
to ease portability. It can even run on Windows machines. It is used by the Director daemon to send notifications and requests to the oper-
ator.
OPTIONS -8 Encode the mail in UTF-8.
-c Set the Cc: header.
-d nn Set debug level to nn.
-dt Print timestamp in debug output.
-f Set the From: header. If not specified, bsmtp will try to use your username.
-h mailhost:port
Use mailhost:port as the SMTP server. (default port: 25)
-s Set the Subject: header.
-r Set the Reply-To:: header.
-l Set the maximum number of lines to be sent. (default: unlimited)
-? Show version and usage of program.
USAGE
recipients is a space separated list of email addresses.
The body of the email message is read from standard input. Message is ended by sending the EOF character (Ctrl-D on many systems) on the
start of a new line, much like many 'mail' commands.
The actual, automated behavior of bsmtp will depend on the mail-related configuration of the Director in the Messages resource of bacula-
dir.conf.
Interactive use of bsmtp is pertinent to manually test and ensure these configuration bits are valid. This is highly recommended.
CONFIGURATION
These commands should each appear on a single line in the configuration file.
Messages {
Name = Standard
mailcommand = "/home/bacula/bin/bsmtp -h mail.domain.com -f "(Bacula) <%r>"
-s "Bacula: %t %e of %c %l" %r"
operatorcommand = "/home/bacula/bin/bsmtp -h mail.domain.com -f "(Bacula) <%r>"
-s "Bacula: Intervention needed for %j" %r"
mail = sysadmin@site.domain.com = all, !skipped
operator = sysop@site.domain.com = mount
console = all, !skipped, !saved
}
home/bacula/bin is replaced with the path to the Bacula binary directory, and mail.domain.com is replaced with the fully qualified name of
an SMTP server, which usually listen on port 25.
ENVIRONMENT
If the -h option is not specified, bsmtp will use environment variable SMTPSERVER, or 'localhost' if not set.
NOTES
Since bsmtp always uses a TCP connection rather than writing to a spool file, you may find that your From: address is being rejected
because it does not contain a valid domain, or because your message has gotten caught in spam filtering rules. Generally, you should spec-
ify a fully qualified domain name in the from field, and depending on whether your SMTP gateway is Exim or Sendmail, you may need to modify
the syntax of the from part of the message.
If bsmtp cannot connect to the specified mail host, it will retry to connect to localhost.
BUGS
If you are getting incorrect dates (e.g. 1970) and you are running with a non-English locale, you might try setting the LANG="en_US" envi-
ronment variable.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>, revised and edited by Lucas B. Cohen <lbc@members.fsf.org>.
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