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.\" Title: amanda-client.conf
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 12/14/2010
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 01/10/2013
.\" Manual: File formats and conventions
-.\" Source: Amanda 3.2.1
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "12/14/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.1" "File formats and conventions"
+.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "File formats and conventions"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
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.\" * set default formatting
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\fBamanda.conf\fR(5), this specifies the port to connect on the server\&. It can be a service name or a numeric port number\&.
.RE
.PP
+\fBamdump\-server\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+No default:
+\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amanda server to connect with the amdump_client program\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBindex\-server\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fBauth\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fB"bsd"\fR\&. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\&.
+\fB"bsdtcp"\fR\&. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\&.
.sp
\fB"bsd"\fR, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream\&.
.sp
\fB"krb5"\fR
to use Kerberos\-V authorization\&.
.sp
-\fB"local"\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\'t require authencation setup\&.
+\fB"local"\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\*(Aqt require authencation setup\&.
.sp
\fB"rsh"\fR
to use rsh authorization\&.
.PP
\fBmailer\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
-Default found by configure\&. A mail program that can send mail with \'\fIMAILER \-s "subject" user < message_file\fR\'\&.
+Default found by configure\&. A mail program that can send mail with \*(Aq\fIMAILER \-s "subject" user < message_file\fR\*(Aq\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBamandates\fR \fIstring\fR
\fBrep\-tries\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI5\fR\&. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn\'t get the ACK packet\&.
+\fI5\fR\&. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn\*(Aqt get the ACK packet\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug\-days\fR \fIint\fR
.SH "APPLICATION SECTION"
.PP
The
-\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
+\fBamanda\-client\&.conf\fR
file may define multiple types of application\&. The information is entered in a
\fBapplication\fR
section, which looks like this:
.fi
.PP
\fIname\fR
-is the name of this type of application\&. It is referenced from the
-\fBdumptype\fR
+is the name of this type of application\&.
+.PP
+The setting from an application is merged with the dle setting if the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBclient\-application\-name\fR
+from the dle or if the
+\fBclient\-application\-name\fR
+from the dle is not set and the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBplugin\fR
+from the dle\&.
.PP
The application options and values are:
.PP
+\fBclient\-application\-name\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fInone\fR\&. Not use on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
.RS 4
No default\&. Must be set to the name of the program\&. This program must be in the
\fI$libexecdir/amanda/application\fR
-directory on the client\&.
+directory on the client\&. If set, it must be the same as the dle
+\fBplugin\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBproperty\fR [\fBappend\fR] [\fBpriority\fR] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
.SH "SCRIPT SECTION"
.PP
The
-\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
+\fBamanda\-client\&.conf\fR
file may define multiple types of script\&. The information is entered in a
\fBscript\fR
section, which looks like this:
.fi
.PP
\fIname\fR
-is the name of this type of script\&. It is referenced from the
-\fBdumptype\fR
+is the name of this type of script\&.
+.PP
+The setting from a script is merged with the dle setting if the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBclient\-script\-name\fR
+from the dle or if the
+\fBclient\-script\-name\fR
+from the dle is not set and the
+\fIname\fR
+is the same as the
+\fBplugin\fR
+from the dle\&.
.PP
The script options and values are:
.PP
+\fBclient\-script\-name\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fInone\fR\&. Not used on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
.RS 4
No default\&. Must be set to the name of the program\&. This program must be in the
\fI$libdir/amanda/application\fR
-directory on the client and/or server\&.
+directory on the client\&. If set, it must be the same as the dle
+\fBplugin\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBexecute\-where\fR [ \fBclient\fR | \fBserver\fR ]
+\fBexecute\-where\fR \fBclient\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fBclient\fR\&. Where the script must be executed, on the client or server\&. Only
-\fBclient\fR
-is valid\&.
+\fBclient\fR\&. Value can\*(Aqt be changed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBexecute\-on\fR \fIexecute_on\fR[,\fIexecute_on\fR]*
Execute before the backup command for the dle\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBpre\-host\-backup\fR
-.RS 4
-Execute before the backup command for all dle for the client\&.
-.RE
-.PP
\fBpost\-dle\-backup\fR
.RS 4
Execute after the backup command for the dle\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBpost\-host\-backup\fR
-.RS 4
-Execute after the backup command for all dle for the client\&.
-.RE
-.PP
\fBpre\-recover\fR
.RS 4
Execute before any level is recovered\&.