On Thursday 26 June 2003 06:39, Paul Bijnens wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>> That file should exist in /home/"amanda-user"/.amandahosts, and
>> look something like this:
>> ---------------
>> FQDN amanda
>> FQDN root
>> ---------------
>> Where my amanda-user is amanda.  And I'm not sure if the second
>> line is needed at all.  FQDN is the servers full name of course. 
>> This file must also exist on the clients, in the same location,
>> which gives the server access rights there too.
>
>On the client the first line is needed so that the user "amanda"
>can start a backup on this client; FQDN = name of server in this
> case.
>
>On the server the second line is needed so that "root" on the client
>can start a restore; FQDN = name of the client in this case.
>
>The meaning is: when some "username" from "host" connects, let him
> in.
>
>So, usually you have a oneliner on each client, and a large list on
> the server. (Also remember the server is also a client in most
> cases.) You can leave most of entries on the server commented
> out(*), so that someone from workstation A with root access cannot
> restore files from or SecretServer B, if security is a concern.
>
>(*) commented out = there is no real comment sign but if you add a
>#-sign in front of the name, the hostname effectively never matches,
>(unless you really have a host named "#" or '#host' :-) ).

Thanks for clarifying that Paul.

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