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8 .TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT.CONF" "5" "06/06/2007" "" ""
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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.
42 Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive) suffixes, some of which have a multiplier effect:
43 .SS "POSSIBLE SUFFIXES"
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).
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.
165 to use rsh authorization.
168 to use OpenSSH authorization.
171 \fBssh_keys\fR \fI string\fR
174 \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.
177 \fBgnutar_list_dir\fR \fI string\fR
179 Default from configure
180 \fI\-\-with\-gnutar\-listdir=DIR\fR. The directory where gnutar keep its state file.
183 \fBamandates\fR \fI string\fR
186 \fI/etc/amandates\fR. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel.
189 \fBconnect_tries\fR int
192 \fI3\fR. How many times the server will try a connection.
198 \fI5\fR. How many times amandad will resend a REP packet if it doesn't get the ACK packet.
201 \fBdebug_amandad\fR int
204 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the amandad process
207 \fBdebug_amidxtaped\fR int
210 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
213 \fBdebug_amindexd\fR int
216 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the amindexd process
219 \fBdebug_amrecover\fR int
222 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the amrecover process
228 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the auth module
231 \fBdebug_event\fR int
234 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the event module
237 \fBdebug_holding\fR int
240 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
243 \fBdebug_protocol\fR int
246 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the protocol module
249 \fBdebug_selfcheck\fR int
252 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the selfcheck process
255 \fBdebug_sendsize\fR int
258 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the sendsize process
261 \fBdebug_sendbackup\fR int
264 \fI0\fR. Debug level of the sendbackup process
267 \fBreserved\-udp\-port\fR int,int
269 Default: \-\-with\-udpportrange or
270 \fI512,1023\fR. Reserved udp port that will be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)
273 \fBreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
275 Default: \-\-with\-low\-tcpportrange or
276 \fI512,1023\fR. Reserved tcp port that will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)
279 \fBunreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
281 Default: \-\-with\-tcpportrange or
282 \fI1025,65536\fR. Unreserved tcp port that will be used (bsd, bsdudp)
287 <jds@amanda.org>: Original text
289 Stefan G. Weichinger,
290 <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
291 \fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion, major update, splitting
296 \fBamanda.conf\fR(5),