Re: [Bacula-users] bacula Passwords in conf files

On 06/17/10 07:06, Bruno Friedmann wrote:
> On 06/15/2010 05:24 PM, duxbuz wrote:
>>
>> I have conf files with long passwords in, prob encrypted or masked.
>>
>> I need to alter the passwords, do i just add a new string? if so hows it get 
>> masked?
>>
>> Cant seem to find mention in documentation.
>>
>> Or do i use the console to set passwords?
>>
>> thanks
>>
> 
> bacula rpm spec contain this line to generate password for bacula
> 
> openssl rand -base64 33
> 
> run it, get the result and apply in each config concerned file ..

That is used simply to generate a random password at installation time.
 While it does generate a good strong random password, it's by no means
a requirement to use that method.


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