Amanda-Users

Re: Config file upgrade from 2.4.2p2 to 2.5.1p3

2007-07-05 02:55:52
Subject: Re: Config file upgrade from 2.4.2p2 to 2.5.1p3
From: Marc Muehlfeld <Marc.Muehlfeld AT medizinische-genetik DOT de>
To: Olivier Nicole <on AT cs.ait.ac DOT th>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:46:52 +0200
Hi,

Olivier Nicole schrieb:
I am wondering if all the 2.4.2p2 configuration can be used, without
any modification, in 2.5.1p3: in a first step I would only change the
binaries. I would start using the new features only in a second step.
The xinetd configuration changed a little bit. Have a look in docs/install.txt. There is a before/after example.



I also patched the 2.4.2p2 server a long time ago to add some level of
> obscurity in the amandapass file, entries look like:
//csimnt1/c     
0fcbcc6440b8a3d0b54a2966d3d7f5f963d71e4fd1afe5058c33c41a1a137937d302ac8e680bcb2cd0a58737378117dffe0a31b7ce2acf4242be1242264d5faec33a51c33b63a01c087e187cd0dcb1c858a1caa3753d2ce3d426a2889402155d1f36b866b9dc52edfe55e96335a6083646b233fdde37baba5b353e54db37fbb8494d
What the....?! I think a better and secure way is just to make the amandapass readable only by the amanda user:

# ls -la /etc/amandapass
-rw-------  1 amanda disk 950 Apr 18 10:19 /etc/amandapass



I am wondering if the new amanda server 2.5.1p3 if offering a way to
hide the contents of amandapass file.
Why won't try hiding it, because of settings the rights so that nobody except amanda and root can read it?


Regards
Marc



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