.\" Title: amanda-client.conf
-.\" Author:
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-.\" Date: 08/22/2008
-.\" Manual:
-.\" Source:
+.\" Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 01/22/2009
+.\" Manual: File formats and conventions
+.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1
+.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\.CONF" "5" "08/22/2008" "" ""
+.TH "AMANDA\-CLIENT\&.CON" "5" "01/22/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1" "File formats and conventions"
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-.SH "NAME"
-amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "Name"
+amanda-client.conf \- Client configuration file for \fIAmanda\fR, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-\fIamanda\-client\.conf\fR
+\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\.
+\fIAmanda\fR\&. This manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference\&.
.PP
The files
-\fB<CONFIG_DIR>/amanda\-client\.conf\fR
-and
-\fB<CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda\-client\.conf\fR
-are loaded\.
-.SH "PARAMETERS"
-.PP
-There are a number of configuration parameters that control the behavior of the
-\fIAmanda\fR
-programs\. All have default values, so you need not specify the parameter in
-\fBamanda\-client\.conf\fR
-if the default is suitable\.
-.PP
-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\.
-.PP
-Keywords are case insensitive, i\.e\.
-\fBauth\fR
+\fB<CONFIG_DIR>/amanda\-client\&.conf\fR
and
-\fBAuth\fR
-are treated the same\.
-.PP
-Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive) suffixes, some of which have a multiplier effect:
-.SS "POSSIBLE SUFFIXES"
-.PP
-\fBb byte bytes\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of bytes\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBbps\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of bytes per second\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBk kb kbyte kbytes kilobyte kilobytes\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of kilobytes (bytes*1024)\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBkps kbps\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of kilobytes per second (bytes*1024)\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBm mb meg mbyte mbytes megabyte megabytes\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of megabytes (bytes*1024*1024)\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBmps mbps\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of megabytes per second (bytes*1024*1024)\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBg gb gbyte gbytes gigabyte gigabytes\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of gigabytes (bytes*1024*1024*1024)\.
-.RE
-.PP
-\fBtape tapes\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of tapes\.
-.RE
+\fB<CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda\-client\&.conf\fR
+are loaded\&.
+.SH "SYNTAX"
+
+
+The syntax of \fBamanda-client.conf\fR(5) is identical to that for
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&.
+.SH "GLOBAL PARAMETERS"
.PP
-\fBday days\fR
+\fBconf\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
-Some number of days\.
+Default:
+\fISet by configure\fR\&. The conf use by amrecover\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBweek weeks\fR
-.RS 4
-Some number of weeks (days*7)\.
-.sp
-.it 1 an-trap
-.nr an-no-space-flag 1
-.nr an-break-flag 1
-.br
-Note
-The value
-\fBinf\fR
-may be used in most places where an integer is expected to mean an infinite amount\.
-.sp
-Boolean arguments may have any of the values
-\fBy\fR,
-\fByes\fR,
-\fBt\fR,
-\fBtrue\fR
-or
-\fBon\fR
-to indicate a true state, or
-\fBn\fR,
-\fBno\fR,
-\fBf\fR,
-\fBfalse\fR
-or
-\fBoff\fR
-to indicate a false state\. If no argument is given,
-\fBtrue\fR
-is assumed\.
-.RE
-.SS "PARAMETERS"
-.PP
-\fBconf\fR \fI string\fR
+\fBclient_username\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fISet by configure\fR\. The conf use by amrecover\.
+\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[]
+on the server\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBindex_server\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fISet by configure\fR\. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to\.
+\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBtape_server\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fISet by configure\fR\. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to\.
+\fISet by configure\fR\&. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBtapedev\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fISet by configure\fR\. The tapedev amrecover will use\.
+\fISet by configure\fR\&. The tapedev amrecover will use\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBauth\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
Default:
-\fIbsd\fR\. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts\.
+\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\.
+\fBbsd\fR, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream\&.
.sp
-\fBbsdtcp\fR, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection\.
+\fBbsdtcp\fR, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection\&.
.sp
-\fBbsdudp\fR, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream\.
+\fBbsdudp\fR, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream\&.
.sp
\fBkrb4\fR
-to use Kerberos\-IV authorization\.
+to use Kerberos\-IV authorization\&.
.sp
\fBkrb5\fR
-to use Kerberos\-V authorization\.
+to use Kerberos\-V authorization\&.
.sp
-\fBlocal\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\'t require authencation setup\.
+\fBlocal\fR, if the client is the server, it doesn\'t require authencation setup\&.
.sp
\fBrsh\fR
-to use rsh authorization\.
+to use rsh authorization\&.
.sp
\fBssh\fR
-to use OpenSSH authorization\.
+to use OpenSSH authorization\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBssh_keys\fR \fI string\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 deafult ssh key will be used\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBgnutar_list_dir\fR \fI string\fR
.RS 4
Default from configure
-\fI\-\-with\-gnutar\-listdir=DIR\fR\. The directory where gnutar keep its state file\.
+\fI\-\-with\-gnutar\-listdir=DIR\fR\&. The directory where gnutar keep its state file\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBmailer\fR \fI string\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
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI/etc/amandates\fR\. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel\.
+\fI/etc/amandates\fR\&. The file where amanda keep the last date of each dumplevel\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBconnect_tries\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI3\fR\. How many times the server will try a connection\.
+\fI3\fR\&. How many times the server will try a connection\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBrep_tries\fR int
.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\'t get the ACK packet\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_amandad\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amandad process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amandad process
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_amidxtaped\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amidxtaped process
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_amindexd\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amindexd process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amindexd process
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_amrecover\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the amrecover process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the amrecover process
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_auth\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the auth module
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the auth module
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_event\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the event module
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the event module
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_holding\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the holdingdisk module
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_protocol\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the protocol module
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the protocol module
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_selfcheck\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the selfcheck process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the selfcheck process
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_sendsize\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the sendsize process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the sendsize process
.RE
.PP
\fBdebug_sendbackup\fR int
.RS 4
Default:
-\fI0\fR\. Debug level of the sendbackup process
+\fI0\fR\&. Debug level of the sendbackup process
.RE
.PP
\fBreserved\-udp\-port\fR int,int
.RS 4
Default: \-\-with\-udpportrange or
-\fI512,1023\fR\. Reserved udp port that will be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)
+\fI512,1023\fR\&. Reserved udp port that will be used (amrecover with bsd or bsdudp)
.RE
.PP
\fBreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
.RS 4
Default: \-\-with\-low\-tcpportrange or
-\fI512,1023\fR\. Reserved tcp port that will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)
+\fI512,1023\fR\&. Reserved tcp port that will be used (amrecover with bsdtcp)
.RE
.PP
\fBunreserved\-tcp\-port\fR int,int
.RS 4
Default: \-\-with\-tcpportrange or
-\fI1025,65536\fR\. Unreserved tcp port that will be used (bsd, bsdudp)
+\fI1025,65536\fR\&. Unreserved tcp port that will be used (bsd, bsdudp)
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBproperty\fR "name" "value"
+.RS 4
+Adds a global property for this client host, useful for e\&.g\&., Application API plugins\&.
+.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
+section, which looks like this:
+.nf
+define application\-tool "\fIname\fR" {
+ \fIapplication\-option\fR \fIappli
+cation\-value\fR
+ \FC\&.\&.\&.\F[]
+}
+.fi
+.PP
+\fIname\fR
+is the name of this type of application\&. It is referenced from the
+\fIdumptype\fR
+.PP
+The application\-tool options and values are:
+.PP
+\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fInone\fR\&. A comment string describing this application\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBplugin\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+No default\&. Must be set to the name of the program\&. This program must be in the
+\fI$libexecdir/amanda/application\fR
+directory on the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBproperty\fR [append] [priority] \fIstring\fR \fIstring\fR+
+.RS 4
+No default\&. You can set property for the application, each application have a different set of property\&. Both strings are quoted; the first string contains the name of the property to set, and the others contains its values\&.
+\fBappend\fR
+keyword append the values to the list of values for that property\&.
+\fBpriority\fR
+keyword disallow the setting of that property on the server\&.
.RE
-.SH "AUTHOR"
+.SH "SCRIPT SECTION"
.PP
-James da Silva,
-<jds@amanda\.org>: Original text
+The
+\fBamanda\&.conf\fR
+file may define multiple types of script\&. The information is entered in a
+\fBscript\-tool\fR
+section, which looks like this:
+.nf
+define script\-tool "\fIname\fR" {
+ \fIscript\-option\fR \fIscript\-value\fR
+ \FC\&.\&.\&.\F[]
+}
+.fi
.PP
-Stefan G\. Weichinger,
-<sgw@amanda\.org>, maintainer of the
-\fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion, major update, splitting
+\fIname\fR
+is the name of this type of script\&. It is referenced from the
+\fIdumptype\fR
+.PP
+The script\-tool options and values are:
+.PP
+\fBcomment\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fInone\fR\&. A comment string describing this script\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBplugin\fR \fIstring\fR
+.RS 4
+No default\&. Must be set to the name of the program\&. This program must be in the
+\fI$libdir/amanda/application\fR
+directory on the client and/or server\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBexecute_where\fR [client|server]
+.RS 4
+Default:
+\fIclient\fR\&. Where the script must be executed, on the client or server\&. Only
+\fIclient\fR
+is valid\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\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
+\fBpre\-dle\-amcheck\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute before the amcheck command for the dle\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpre\-host\-amcheck\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute before the amcheck command for all dle for the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpost\-dle\-amcheck\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute after the amcheck command for the dle\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpost\-host\-amcheck\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute after the amcheck command for all dle for the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpre\-dle\-estimate\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute before the estimate command for the dle\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpre\-host\-estimate\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute before the estimate command for all dle for the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpost\-dle\-estimate\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute after the estimate command for the dle\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpost\-host\-estimate\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute after the estimate command for all dle for the client\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpre\-dle\-backup\fR
+.RS 4
+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\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpost\-recover\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute after all levels are recovered\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpre\-level\-recover\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute before each level recovery\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBpost\-level\-recover\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute after each level recovery\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBinter\-level\-recover\fR
+.RS 4
+Execute between two levels of recovery\&.
+.RE
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBproperty\fR [append] [priority] \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
+keyword append the values to the list of values for that property\&.
+\fBpriority\fR
+keyword disallow the setting of that property on the server\&.
+.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamcrypt\fR(8),
\fBaespipe\fR(1),
: http://wiki.zmanda.com
+.SH "Authors"
+.PP
+\fBJames da Silva\fR <\&jds@amanda\&.org\&>
+.PP
+\fBStefan G\&. Weichinger\fR <\&sgw@amanda\&.org\&>
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