Sorry, I must be doing something stupid here but I can't figure it out. section of bacula-dir.conf
# Generic catalog service Catalog { Name = MyCatalog # Uncomment the following line if you want the dbi driver # dbdriver = "dbi:sqlite3"; dbaddress = 127.0.0.1; dbport = dbname = "bacula;" DB Address = "127.0.0.1"; dbuser = "bacula"; dbpassword = "XXX" } when I connect by hand with mysql, it works fine mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -u bacula -p -e 'show tables;' bacula > /tmp/mysfile Tables_in_bacula BaseFiles CDImages Client Counters Device File FileSet Filename Job JobHisto JobMedia Location LocationLog Log Media MediaType Path PathHierarchy PathVisibility Pool Status Storage UnsavedFiles Version netstat confirms that mysql is listening on 127.0.0.1:3306 This is a fresh install of ubuntu 11.04 that I am building into a backup server. mysql and bacula were installed from .deb files. thanks, jerry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users