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.\" Title: amanda-client.conf
.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
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.\" Manual: File formats and conventions
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1
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-.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "01/22/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1" "File formats and conventions"
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+.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "File formats and conventions"
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-.SH "Name"
-amanda-client.conf \- Client configuration file for \fIAmanda\fR, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+.SH "NAME"
+amanda-client.conf \- Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBamanda-client.conf\fR(5)
-is the client configuration file for
-\fIAmanda\fR\&. This manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference\&.
+is the client configuration file for Amanda\&. This manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference\&.
.PP
The files
\fB<CONFIG_DIR>/amanda\-client\&.conf\fR
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&.
.SH "GLOBAL PARAMETERS"
.PP
-\fBconf\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBconf\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The conf use by amrecover\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBclient_username\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBclient\-username\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fICLIENT_LOGIN\fR\&. Similar to the parameter of the same name in
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5), this specifies the username that
\fBamrecover\fR
should send when connecting to the server\&. It should match the username specified in
-\FC\&.amandahosts\F[]
+\&.amandahosts
on the server\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBindex_server\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBclient\-port\fR [ \fIint\fR | \fIstring\fR ]
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fI"amanda"\fR\&. Similar to the parameter of the same name in
+\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
+\fBindex\-server\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBtape_server\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBtape\-server\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBtapedev\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBtapedev\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fISet by configure\fR\&. The tapedev amrecover will use\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBauth\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBauth\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fIbsd\fR\&. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\&.
-.sp
-\fBbsd\fR, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream\&.
+\fB"bsd"\fR\&. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\&.
.sp
-\fBbsdtcp\fR, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection\&.
+\fB"bsd"\fR, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream\&.
.sp
-\fBbsdudp\fR, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream\&.
+\fB"bsdtcp"\fR, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection\&.
.sp
-\fBkrb4\fR
-to use Kerberos\-IV authorization\&.
+\fB"bsdudp"\fR, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream\&.
.sp
-\fBkrb5\fR
+\fB"krb5"\fR
to use Kerberos\-V authorization\&.
.sp
-\fBlocal\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\'t require authencation setup\&.
+\fB"local"\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\'t require authencation setup\&.
.sp
-\fBrsh\fR
+\fB"rsh"\fR
to use rsh authorization\&.
.sp
-\fBssh\fR
+\fB"ssh"\fR
to use OpenSSH authorization\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBssh_keys\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBssh\-keys\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\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\&.
+\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 default ssh key will be used\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBgnutar_list_dir\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBgnutar\-list\-dir\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default from configure
\fI\-\-with\-gnutar\-listdir=DIR\fR\&. The directory where gnutar keep its state file\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBmailer\fR \fI string\fR
+\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\'\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBamandates\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBamandates\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI/etc/amandates\fR\&. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBconnect_tries\fR int
+\fBconnect\-tries\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI3\fR\&. How many times the server will try a connection\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBrep_tries\fR int
+\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\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amandad\fR int
+\fBdebug\-days\fR \fIint\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fI3\fR\&. The number of days the debug files are kept\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBdebug\-amandad\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amandad process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amidxtaped\fR int
+\fBdebug\-amidxtaped\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amindexd\fR int
+\fBdebug\-amindexd\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amindexd process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_amrecover\fR int
+\fBdebug\-amrecover\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amrecover process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_auth\fR int
+\fBdebug\-auth\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the auth module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_event\fR int
+\fBdebug\-event\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the event module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_holding\fR int
+\fBdebug\-holding\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_protocol\fR int
+\fBdebug\-protocol\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the protocol module
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_selfcheck\fR int
+\fBdebug\-selfcheck\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the selfcheck process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_sendsize\fR int
+\fBdebug\-sendsize\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the sendsize process
.RE
.PP
-\fBdebug_sendbackup\fR int
+\fBdebug\-sendbackup\fR \fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default:
\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the sendbackup process
.RE
.PP
-\fBreserved\-udp\-port\fR int,int
+\fBreserved\-udp\-port\fR \fIint\fR,\fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default: \-\-with\-udpportrange or
\fI512,1023\fR\&. Reserved udp port that will be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)
.RE
.PP
-\fBreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
+\fBreserved\-tcp\-port\fR \fIint\fR,\fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default: \-\-with\-low\-tcpportrange or
\fI512,1023\fR\&. Reserved tcp port that will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)
.RE
.PP
-\fBunreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
+\fBunreserved\-tcp\-port\fR \fIint\fR,\fIint\fR
.RS 4
Default: \-\-with\-tcpportrange or
\fI1025,65536\fR\&. Unreserved tcp port that will be used (bsd, bsdudp)
.RE
.PP
-\fBproperty\fR "name" "value"
+\fBproperty\fR \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
.RS 4
-Adds a global property for this client host, useful for e\&.g\&., Application API plugins\&.
+Adds a global property for this client host, useful for e\&.g\&., Application API plugins\&. The first string is the property name, the following strings are the property values
.RE
.SH "APPLICATION SECTION"
.PP
The
\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
file may define multiple types of application\&. The information is entered in a
-\fBapplication\-tool\fR
+\fBapplication\fR
section, which looks like this:
.nf
-define application\-tool "\fIname\fR" {
- \fIapplication\-option\fR \fIappli
-cation\-value\fR
- \FC\&.\&.\&.\F[]
+define application "\fIname\fR" {
+ \fIapplication\-option\fR \fIapplication\-value\fR
+ \&.\&.\&.
}
.fi
.PP
\fIname\fR
is the name of this type of application\&. It is referenced from the
-\fIdumptype\fR
+\fBdumptype\fR
.PP
-The application\-tool options and values are:
+The application options and values are:
.PP
\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
directory on the client\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBproperty\fR [append] [priority] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
+\fBproperty\fR [\fBappend\fR] [\fBpriority\fR] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
.RS 4
No default\&. You can set property for the application, each application have a different set of property\&. Both strings are quoted; the first string contains the name of the property to set, and the others contains its values\&.
\fBappend\fR
The
\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
file may define multiple types of script\&. The information is entered in a
-\fBscript\-tool\fR
+\fBscript\fR
section, which looks like this:
.nf
-define script\-tool "\fIname\fR" {
+define script "\fIname\fR" {
\fIscript\-option\fR \fIscript\-value\fR
- \FC\&.\&.\&.\F[]
+ \&.\&.\&.
}
.fi
.PP
\fIname\fR
is the name of this type of script\&. It is referenced from the
-\fIdumptype\fR
+\fBdumptype\fR
.PP
-The script\-tool options and values are:
+The script options and values are:
.PP
\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
.RS 4
directory on the client and/or server\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBexecute_where\fR [client|server]
+\fBexecute\-where\fR [ \fBclient\fR | \fBserver\fR ]
.RS 4
Default:
-\fIclient\fR\&. Where the script must be executed, on the client or server\&. Only
-\fIclient\fR
+\fBclient\fR\&. Where the script must be executed, on the client or server\&. Only
+\fBclient\fR
is valid\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBexecute_on\fR \fIexecute_on\fR[,\fIexecute_on\fR]*
+\fBexecute\-on\fR \fIexecute_on\fR[,\fIexecute_on\fR]*
.RS 4
No default\&. When the script must be executed, you can specify many of them:
.PP
.RE
.RE
.PP
-\fBproperty\fR [append] [priority] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
+\fBproperty\fR [\fBappend\fR] [\fBpriority\fR] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
.RS 4
No default\&. You can set property for the script, each script have a different set of property\&. Both strings are quoted; the first string contains the name of the property to set, and the others contains its values\&.
\fBappend\fR
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-
\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
\fBamcrypt\fR(8),
-\fBaespipe\fR(1),
-: http://wiki.zmanda.com
-.SH "Authors"
+\fBaespipe\fR(1)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
+.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
.PP