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| ==NAME==
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| amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver | |
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| ==DESCRIPTION==
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| amanda-client.conf is the client configuration file for Amanda. This manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for quick reference.
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| ==PARAMETERS==
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| There are a number of configuration parameters that control the behavior of the Amanda programs. All have default values, so you need not specify the parameter in amanda-client.conf if the default is suitable.
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| Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines. Comments may be placed on a line with a directive by starting the comment with a #. The
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| remainder of the line is ignored.
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| Keywords are case insensitive, i.e. auth and Auth are treated the same.
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| Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive) suffixes, some of which have a multiplier effect:
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| ===POSSIBLE SUFFIXES===
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| ; b byte bytes : Some number of bytes.
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| ; bps : Some number of bytes per second.
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| ; k kb kbyte kbytes kilobyte kilobytes : Some number of kilobytes (bytes*1024).
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| ; kps kbps : Some number of kilobytes per second (bytes*1024).
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| ; m mb meg mbyte mbytes megabyte megabytes : Some number of megabytes (bytes*1024*1024).
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| ; mps mbps : Some number of megabytes per second (bytes*1024*1024).
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| ; g gb gbyte gbytes gigabyte gigabytes : Some number of gigabytes (bytes*1024*1024*1024).
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| ; tape tapes : Some number of tapes.
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| ; day days : Some number of days.
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| ; week weeks : Some number of weeks (days*7).
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| ====Note====
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| The value ''inf'' may be used in most places where an integer is expected to mean an infinite amount.
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| Boolean arguments may have any of the values y, yes, t, true or on to indicate a true state, or n, no, f, false or off to indicate a false state. If no argument is given, true is assumed.
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| ==PARAMETERS==
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| ; conf string : Default: Set by configure. The conf use by amrecover.
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| ; index_server string : Default: Set by configure. The amindexd server amrecover will connect to.
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| ; tape_server string : Default: Set by configure. The amidxtaped server amrecover will connect to.
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| ; tapedev string : Default: Set by configure. The tapedev amrecover will use.
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| ; auth string : Default: bsd. Type of authorization to perform between tape server and backup client hosts.
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| * '''bsd''' bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp connection by data stream.
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| * '''bsdtcp''' bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection.
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| * '''bsdudp''' like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data stream.
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| * '''krb4''' to use Kerberos-IV authorization.
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| * '''krb5''' to use Kerberos-V authorization.
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| * '''rsh''' to use rsh authorization.
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| * '''ssh''' to use OpenSSH authorization.
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| ; ssh_keys string : Default: No default. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be the private key. If this parameter is not specified, then the default ssh key will be used.
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| ; gnutar_list_dir string : Default: <configure parameter --with-gnutar-listdir=DIR>. The directory where gnutar keep its state file.
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| ; amandates string : Default: /etc/amandates. The file where amanda keep the last date of each backup level.
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| ==AUTHOR==
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| Stefan G. Weichinger, <[email protected]>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation: XML-conversion, major update, splitting | |
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| ==SEE ALSO==
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| [[amanda]](8), [[amanda.conf]](5), [[amcrypt]](8), aespipe(1),
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