NAME

       bareos-dir - Bareos Director

SYNOPSIS

       bareos-dir [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the bareos-dir command.
       Bareos's  Director  Daemon  acts  as  the  controller of the network backup system: it is responsible for
       scheduling and coordinating backups across the network.

OPTIONS

       -c file
              Specify the configuration file to use.

       -d nn  Set debug level to nn.

       -dt    Print timestamp in debug output.

       -f     Run in foreground (for debugging).

       -g group
              Set the group/gid to run as.

       -m     Print kaboom output (for debugging)

       -r job Run <job>.

       -s     No signals (for debugging).

       -t     Test the configuration file and report errors.

       -u user
              Set the username/uid to run as.

       -v     Set verbose mode.

       -?     Show version and usage of program.

TCP-WRAPPERS CONFIGURATION

       Tcpwrappers looks for the service name of the bareos daemons in hosts.allow , and the  service  names  of
       these  daemons  is  configured  to  be different from the binary.  The service names are configured to be
       %hostname%-%component% rather than bareos-dir (As defined in the bareos-dir.conf.in file)

       So the hosts.allow entry has to match %hostname%-%component%  (servername-dir  for  example)  instead  of
       bareos-%component%

       WARNING: This means that if the hosts.allow file has the entry:

       bareos-dir: ALL

       you will not be able to run bconsole to connect to the local director!

       The entry would have to read:

       server-dir: ALL

       and this will allow the console to connect to the director.  (The process running is bareos-dir.)

SEE ALSO

       bareos-fd(8), bareos-sd(8).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>.

Kern Sibbald                                     6 December 2009                                   BAREOS-DIR(8)