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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-dir.conf - the DirAddress variable

2011-04-15 09:02:45
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula-dir.conf - the DirAddress variable
From: Marcello Romani <mromani AT ottotecnica DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:59:48 +0200
Il 14/04/2011 23:41, John Drescher ha scritto:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:37 PM, John Drescher<drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>  
> wrote:
>>> That's my first message to the bacula-users mailing list.
>>>
>>> I searched in all the Bacula's documentation and didn't find the answer:
>>>
>>> In the bacula-dir.conf file there is a variable named DirAddress (the
>>> default is 127.0.0.1). I think I should to change to my server's IP, but
>>> I'm not sure.
>>>
>>
>> Yes. Change this and ALL instances of 127.0.0.1 or localhost to limit
>> bacula to only the machine that the director runs on.
>>
> Sorry my browser locked up because of an addon and I did not send what
> I intended..
>
> I meant change all instances of 127.0.0.1 and localhost to the
> external ip address unless you want to limit bacula to only the
> machine that the director is on.
>
> Some over secure distributions supply bacula with default
> configuration files that cause bacula to be a single machine backup
> server that can only backup itself and you can only connect to it on
> the server itself..
>
> John
>
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One of these distros is debian.
If you put the fqdn or hostname (as suggested by comments in the conf 
file) instead of the server IP address, check /etc/hosts and comment out 
or delete the line that has 127.0.0.1 and the hostname, otherwise the 
hostname will be translated to 127.0.0.1 and you'll be back to the start.

-- 
Marcello Romani

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