Can you telnet to the fd port on the windows machine from the director? Is there a firewall between the director and the windows machine? double check everything!
ZK --- Lonny Selinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 09:08:50PM -0600, Lonny > Selinger wrote: > >> I'm sure this has been tapped before but I can't > seem to figure out what > >> else > >> could be causing my issue. I have set up a > Windows machine as a client to > >> test > >> a backup and keep getting authentication errors. > After reading the page on > >> auth issues as well as following the intuitive > return from bconsole I still > >> have no idea what I'm doing wrong. WHat I'm > getting is: > >> > >> 20-Mar 20:49 amanda-dir: Mine.2007-03-20_20.48.51 > Fatal error: Unable to > >> authenticate with File daemon on > "192.168.69.18:9102". Possible causes: > >> Passwords or names not the same or > >> Maximum Concurrent Jobs exceeded on the FD or > >> FD networking messed up (restart daemon). > >> Please see > http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/faq.html#AuthorizationErrors > for > >> help. > >> > >> So I verified a couple of things for sure ... > first, right now I'm not using > >> passwords just to simplify things. Second the > names are pretty simple and > >> are > > > > It sounds like you mean you're not using *Windows* > passwords, correct? > > > > Bacula doesn't use system account passwords for > authentication. Instead, the > > password that error message is referring to is the > one set in bacula configs, > > which must match on the client and director > config. Read the FAQ entry the > > error message pointed to - it should help. > > Ok a little background ... I have bacula working > with about 8 Linux hosts > right now and wanted to add a Windows machine to > test. For my director, I have > all the passwords set to Password = "" including the > password definition on > the Windows machine for the client config. On the > WIndows machine there is no > local firewall (as it's already behind a firewall) > and no local rules or AV > that might thwart my attempt to connect. > > What I will try now is hunting through some archives > as suggested to see how > to better troubleshoot the Windows stuff. Currently > with no passwords anywhere > I figured it would respond the same as all my linux > clients and just connect > but sadly something isn't meshing up :-) > > Thanks for all the responses guys, I'll post what I > find ... if I find > anything lol > > -- > Regards, > Lonny > > -- > "To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to > mess up your Windows box, > you just need to work ON it." > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get > the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief > surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ____________________________________________________________________________________ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
