On 10/18/2010 07:26 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: > Op 20101018 om 03:45 schreef Dan Langille: >> On 10/11/2010 4:55 AM, Geert Stappers wrote: >>> bcp, Bacula CoPy, copies files from one bacula file daemon to >>> another bacula-fd. Reading from the source computer is like making a backup >>> and writting to the destination is like doing a restore. >>> >>> So the copy is done by a backup and a restore at the same moment >>> without a storage-deamon involved. >> Why do you want these? What's wrong with just using scp? > `scp` does authentication on user basis. `bcp` will use system wide > authentication on the "bacula passwords". So for `scp` one has to exchange > ssh keys for each user, for `bcp` is that already done. > My intented use case for `bcp` is for synchronisation data files for several > users without the burden of ssh-key mangement for all those (system) users. > > `bcp` uses the "backup ethernet segment" by default. `scp` tends to prefer > the production network. > > > Groeten > Geert Stappers Also, "scp" doesn't work with the "Windows®" clients, unless one wants to install Cygwin and OpenSSH (or a proprietary SSH implementation) on all of them.
Personally, I'd love to have a few optional (when enabled in bacula-fd.conf on the client) "utility" functions like this in bacula-fd. A simple no-authentication-required "yes, I am running correctly" response that can be triggered with a plain-text telnet connection, a similarly simple authentication-optional (depending on setting in bacula-fd.conf) telnet-inducible "bacula-fd version and status" response, and a simple operating-environment report (free disk space, free RAM, CPU usage) from bacula-fd would all be handy for troubleshooting and monitoring. (That first one would be a lot more comforting than the current "well, I can connect, and it disconnects me when I type something, so maybe it's working" method of troubleshooting.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
