1AMANDA-CLIENT.CONF(5) AMANDA-CLIENT.CONF(5)
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6 amanda-client.conf - Client configuration file for Amanda, the Advanced
7 Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver
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10 amanda-client.conf is the client configuration file for Amanda. This
11 manpage lists the relevant sections and parameters of this file for
12 quick reference.
13 The files <CONFIG_DIR>/amanda-client.conf and
15 <CONFIG_DIR>/<config>/amanda-client.conf are loaded.
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18 There are a number of configuration parameters that control the
19 behavior of the Amanda programs. All have default values, so you need
20 not specify the parameter in amanda-client.conf if the default is
21 suitable.
22 Lines starting with # are ignored, as are blank lines. Comments may be
24 placed on a line with a directive by starting the comment with a #. The
25 remainder of the line is ignored.
26 Keywords are case insensitive, i.e. auth and Auth are treated the
28 same.
29 Integer arguments may have one of the following (case insensitive)
31 suffixes, some of which have a multiplier effect:
32 POSSIBLE SUFFIXES
34 b byte bytes
35 Some number of bytes.
36 bps
38 Some number of bytes per second.
39 k kb kbyte kbytes kilobyte kilobytes
41 Some number of kilobytes (bytes*1024).
42 kps kbps
44 Some number of kilobytes per second (bytes*1024).
45 m mb meg mbyte mbytes megabyte megabytes
47 Some number of megabytes (bytes*1024*1024).
48 mps mbps
50 Some number of megabytes per second (bytes*1024*1024).
51 g gb gbyte gbytes gigabyte gigabytes
53 Some number of gigabytes (bytes*1024*1024*1024).
54 tape tapes
56 Some number of tapes.
57 day days
59 Some number of days.
60 week weeks
62 Some number of weeks (days*7).
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65 The value inf may be used in most places where an integer is
66 expected to mean an infinite amount.
67 Boolean arguments may have any of the values y, yes, t, true or on
69 to indicate a true state, or n, no, f, false or off to indicate a
70 false state. If no argument is given, true is assumed.
71 PARAMETERS
73 conf string
74 Default: Set by configure. The conf use by amrecover.
75 index_server string
77 Default: Set by configure. The amindexd server amrecover will
78 connect to.
79 tape_server string
81 Default: Set by configure. The amidxtaped server amrecover will
82 connect to.
83 tapedev string
85 Default: Set by configure. The tapedev amrecover will use.
86 auth string
88 Default: bsd. Type of authorization to perform between tape server
89 and backup client hosts.
90 bsd, bsd authorization with udp initial connection and one tcp
92 connection by data stream.
93 bsdtcp, bsd authorization but use only one tcp connection.
95 bsdudp, like bsd, but will use only one tcp connection for all data
97 stream.
98 krb4 to use Kerberos-IV authorization.
100 krb5 to use Kerberos-V authorization.
102 rsh to use rsh authorization.
104 ssh to use OpenSSH authorization.
106 ssh_keys string
108 Default: No default. The key file the ssh auth will use, it must be
109 the private key. If this parameter is not specified, then the
110 deafult ssh key will be used.
111 gnutar_list_dir string
113 Default from configure --with-gnutar-listdir=DIR. The directory
114 where gnutar keep its state file.
115 amandates string
117 Default: /etc/amandates. The file where amanda keep the last date
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121 James da Silva, <jds@amanda.org>: Original text
122 Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
124 Amanda-documentation: XML-conversion, major update, splitting
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127 amanda(8), amanda.conf(5), amcrypt(8), aespipe(1),
128 02/07/2007 AMANDA-CLIENT.CONF(5)