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14 amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
17 \fIamanda\-client\.conf\fR
18 is the client configuration file for
19 \fIAmanda\fR\. This manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference\.
22 \fB<CONFIG_DIR>/amanda\-client\.conf\fR
24 \fB<CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda\-client\.conf\fR
28 There are a number of configuration parameters that control the behavior of the
30 programs\. All have default values, so you need not specify the parameter in
31 \fBamanda\-client\.conf\fR
32 if the default is suitable\.
34 Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines\. Comments may be placed on a line with a directive by starting the comment with a #\. The remainder of the line is ignored\.
36 Keywords are case insensitive, i\.e\.
40 are treated the same\.
42 Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive) suffixes, some of which have a multiplier effect:
43 .SS "POSSIBLE SUFFIXES"
47 Some number of bytes\.
52 Some number of bytes per second\.
55 \fBk kb kbyte kbytes kilobyte kilobytes\fR
57 Some number of kilobytes (bytes*1024)\.
62 Some number of kilobytes per second (bytes*1024)\.
65 \fBm mb meg mbyte mbytes megabyte megabytes\fR
67 Some number of megabytes (bytes*1024*1024)\.
72 Some number of megabytes per second (bytes*1024*1024)\.
75 \fBg gb gbyte gbytes gigabyte gigabytes\fR
77 Some number of gigabytes (bytes*1024*1024*1024)\.
82 Some number of tapes\.
92 Some number of weeks (days*7)\.
95 .nr an-no-space-flag 1
101 may be used in most places where an integer is expected to mean an infinite amount\.
103 Boolean arguments may have any of the values
110 to indicate a true state, or
117 to indicate a false state\. If no argument is given,
123 \fBconf\fR \fI string\fR
126 \fISet by configure\fR\. The conf use by amrecover\.
129 \fBindex_server\fR \fI string\fR
132 \fISet by configure\fR\. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to\.
135 \fBtape_server\fR \fI string\fR
138 \fISet by configure\fR\. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to\.
141 \fBtapedev\fR \fI string\fR
144 \fISet by configure\fR\. The tapedev amrecover will use\.
147 \fBauth\fR \fI string\fR
150 \fIbsd\fR\. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\.
152 \fBbsd\fR, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream\.
154 \fBbsdtcp\fR, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection\.
156 \fBbsdudp\fR, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream\.
159 to use Kerberos\-IV authorization\.
162 to use Kerberos\-V authorization\.
164 \fBlocal\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\'t require authencation setup\.
167 to use rsh authorization\.
170 to use OpenSSH authorization\.
173 \fBssh_keys\fR \fI string\fR
176 \fINo default\fR\. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be the private key\. If this parameter is not specified, then the deafult ssh key will be used\.
179 \fBgnutar_list_dir\fR \fI string\fR
181 Default from configure
182 \fI\-\-with\-gnutar\-listdir=DIR\fR\. The directory where gnutar keep its state file\.
185 \fBamandates\fR \fI string\fR
188 \fI/etc/amandates\fR\. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel\.
191 \fBconnect_tries\fR int
194 \fI3\fR\. How many times the server will try a connection\.
200 \fI5\fR\. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn\'t get the ACK packet\.
203 \fBdebug_amandad\fR int
206 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amandad process
209 \fBdebug_amidxtaped\fR int
212 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
215 \fBdebug_amindexd\fR int
218 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amindexd process
221 \fBdebug_amrecover\fR int
224 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amrecover process
230 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the auth module
233 \fBdebug_event\fR int
236 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the event module
239 \fBdebug_holding\fR int
242 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
245 \fBdebug_protocol\fR int
248 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the protocol module
251 \fBdebug_selfcheck\fR int
254 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the selfcheck process
257 \fBdebug_sendsize\fR int
260 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the sendsize process
263 \fBdebug_sendbackup\fR int
266 \fI0\fR\. Debug level of the sendbackup process
269 \fBreserved\-udp\-port\fR int,int
271 Default: \-\-with\-udpportrange or
272 \fI512,1023\fR\. Reserved udp port that will be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)
275 \fBreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
277 Default: \-\-with\-low\-tcpportrange or
278 \fI512,1023\fR\. Reserved tcp port that will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)
281 \fBunreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
283 Default: \-\-with\-tcpportrange or
284 \fI1025,65536\fR\. Unreserved tcp port that will be used (bsd, bsdudp)
289 <jds@amanda\.org>: Original text
291 Stefan G\. Weichinger,
292 <sgw@amanda\.org>, maintainer of the
293 \fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion, major update, splitting
298 \fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
301 \fBhttp://wiki.zmanda.com\fR()