Amanda-Users

Re: old server 2.4.2p2 fails to backup newer client 2.5.1p1

2007-06-06 17:27:12
Subject: Re: old server 2.4.2p2 fails to backup newer client 2.5.1p1
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:26:43 -0400
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 04:19:52PM -0700, Kevin Till wrote:
> Carl D. Blake wrote:
> >I am running a 2.4.2p2 amanda server which is attempting to backup a
> >machine with 2.5.1p1 amanda client (Debian Etch).  The server is backing
> >up several machines, but it seems to have trouble with the machines
> >which are running 2.5.1p1 client.  The symptom is that the server
> >reports that the sendsize failed.  The messages in the amdump log file
> >are:
> >
...
> 
> the 2.5.1p1 client need to run auth="bsd" which is the only auth the Amanda 
> 2.4.2p2 server understands.
> 

Kevin,
does this mean that the 2.5.1 default authentication is different
than in the 2.4 releases and thus breaks backward compatibility
without some config changes?

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