>>>>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:05:33 +0000, Steve Garcia said: > > ---- Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> wrote: > > > > The director sends the address (in bacula-dir.conf) of the storage daemon to > > the client, which then makes its own connection to the storage daemon. > > There > > is a picture here: > > And that's the crux of the question. I was under the impression that there > was no direct connection. I based that solely on the lack of a shared > password between the file daemon and the storage daemon. Does the director > pass the authentication to the file daemon as well?
No, it doesn't send the password from the config file. The storage daemon generates a random session key, which is returned to the director. The director passes this to the file daemon to allow it to authenticate with the storage daemon. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
