Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows client refuses to connect

2016-04-30 09:12:53
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows client refuses to connect
From: Kern Sibbald <kern AT sibbald DOT com>
To: Korbinian Grote <grote AT genomatix DOT de>, bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:11:39 +0200
Hello,

It is unlikely that a 5.2.10 client will work with a 5.0.2 Director/SD.  
You should start by installing the 5.0.2 Client, or upgrade your 
server.  Server 5.0.2 is *very* old.

Best regards,
Kern

On 04/29/2016 03:30 PM, Korbinian Grote wrote:
> Hi everyone.
>
> I’ve run into a strange problem recently.
> We’ve had a bacula client running on a Windows 2008 Server machine without any
> problems whatsoever for a few years. All of a sudden it has stopped working 
> telling me
> that the authorization fails.
>
> I did check the passwords back and forth, set them to simpler ones, checked 
> if the
> file daemon was running, checked the network connectivity. I can ping both 
> machines vice/versa.
> I can telnet via ports 9101 from client to director and via 9102 from 
> director to client. TLS is not
> configured.
>
> I’ve tried to get things working by restarting the service, restarting the 
> Windows machine itself,
> restarting the director and storage daemon on the bacula server, restarting 
> the bacula server itself.
>
> I’ve resorted to re-install the bacula client on the windows machine, but the 
> problem prevails.
>
> I can’t connect using bconsole.exe nor bat.exe. The error message I get on 
> the client is:
>
> Director authorization problem.
> Most likely the passwords do not agree.
> If you are using TLS, there may have been a certificate validation error 
> during the TLS handshake.
>
> The error I get on the server is:
>
> 29-Apr 14:59 bacula-dir: ERROR in authenticate.c:418 Unable to authenticate 
> console "*UserAgent*" at client:192.168.xxx.xxx:36131.
>
> My bconsole.conf file looks like this:
>
> Director {
>    Name = bacula-dir
>    DIRport = 9101
>    address = bacula
>    Password = "test”
> }
>
> The corresponding bacula-dir.conf file like this:
>
> Client {
>    Name = winserv2000-fd
>    Address = winserv2000
>    Catalog = MySQL
>    Password = "test"
>    File Retention = 60 days
>    Job Retention = 12 months
>    AutoPrune = yes
>    Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 20
> }
>
>
> I’m using the 5.2.10 client and a 5.0.2 server.
>
> I’m probably missing something, but I’m out of ideas right now.
>
> Any hints would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Korbinian
>
>
>
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