My experience is that the Director name must match, the password must match and fd name doesn't need to match, maybe in some lastest version must match too.
And to the bacula passwords: in my bacula I always generate a long random password (fifty chars of filth) and write it to both configs (through clipboard ofcourse). The bacula-fd is very dangerous if somebody succeed with a "fake director" attack because director can modify files and run any arbitrary code. The only need for the attacker is the name of director, valid password and a "firewall hole". If you use one password only, the attacker needs to hack one Client and that moment he can hack any other machine. The similar problem is the default password, which seems to be random, but it is not, it is same for all clients of same version. I can imagine many admins keep it. Marek List Man napsal(a): > The name in the fd conf file has to match the server's config. That is the > only requirement. > > > On 10/8/09 1:49 PM, "John Drescher" <dresche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:45 PM, John BORIS <jbo...@adphila.org> wrote: >>> John, >>> Thanks for the quick response. Also should the names match. In my >>> director I have the Client named John but that machine has a different >>> name. I figure the Ciient name on the server (bacula-dir.conf) is a >>> place holder and it uses the IP address to handle the connection and >>> sends the password. >>> >> I am not sure. I have these matching for all 50+ machines I have >> configured for bacula. >> >> John >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
