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9 amanda-client.conf
\14 Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced
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14 amanda-client.conf is the client configuration file for Amanda. This manpage
15 lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference.
16 The files <CONFIG_DIR>/amanda-client.conf and <CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda-
17 client.conf are loaded.
21 There are a number of configuration parameters that control the behavior of the
22 Amanda programs. All have default values, so you need not specify the parameter
23 in amanda-client.conf if the default is suitable.
24 Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines. Comments may be placed
25 on a line with a directive by starting the comment with a #. The remainder of
27 Keywords are case insensitive, i.e. auth and Auth are treated the same.
28 Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive) suffixes,
29 some of which have a multiplier effect:
39 Some number of bytes per second.
41 k kb kbyte kbytes kilobyte kilobytes
42 Some number of kilobytes (bytes*1024).
45 Some number of kilobytes per second (bytes*1024).
47 m mb meg mbyte mbytes megabyte megabytes
48 Some number of megabytes (bytes*1024*1024).
51 Some number of megabytes per second (bytes*1024*1024).
53 g gb gbyte gbytes gigabyte gigabytes
54 Some number of gigabytes (bytes*1024*1024*1024).
63 Some number of weeks (days*7).
67 The value inf may be used in most places where an integer is expected to
68 mean an infinite amount.
69 Boolean arguments may have any of the values y, yes, t, true or on to
70 indicate a true state, or n, no, f, false or off to indicate a false
71 state. If no argument is given, true is assumed.
79 Default: Set by configure. The conf use by amrecover.
82 Default: Set by configure. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to.
85 Default: Set by configure. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect
89 Default: Set by configure. The tapedev amrecover will use.
92 Default: bsd. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and
94 bsd, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection
96 bsdtcp, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection.
97 bsdudp, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data
99 krb4 to use Kerberos-IV authorization.
100 krb5 to use Kerberos-V authorization.
101 rsh to use rsh authorization.
102 ssh to use OpenSSH authorization.
105 Default: No default. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be the
106 private key. If this parameter is not specified, then the deafult ssh key
109 gnutar_list_dir string
110 Default from configure --with-gnutar-listdir=DIR. The directory where
111 gnutar keep its state file.
114 Default: /etc/amandates. The file where amanda keep the last date of each
120 James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org>: Original text
121 Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
122 XML-conversion, major update, splitting
126 amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), aespipe(1),
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