On Thursday 24 June 2010 16:56:08 Michel wrote:
> Thank you, Kern, for your answer.
> OK, for one unique database.
>
> A last question before possibly going on bacula-users list.
>
> The feature I am interested for is the ability for a final PC user to
> manage its own restore operations.
>
> With Bat, the "version browser" window is very intuitive and very
> interesting for starting a restore.
>
> For a question of confidentiality, two conditions are required :
> - the user must see and access the contents of his backups.
> - he must not see nor acces the backup contents of the other users.
>
> So, is this feature possible with bacula ?
I think so.
> Is a named console for each user with ACL commands a safe solution ?
Yes, I believe so, providing you program it correctly.
> Or, from your point of view, is bacula restore operations only reserved
> for sysadmin and computer managers ?
No.
Kern
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michel
> ------------------------
>
> Le 23/06/2010 18:00, Kern Sibbald a écrit :
> > Hello,
> >
> > Neither bat nor bconsole work very smoothly with multiple databases. It
> > does work, but in some cases it can get confused. There is no reason
> > 99.9% of all installations to use more then one database, and if you are
> > in the 0.1%, which I doubt, then you really need professional support.
> > If you put all jobs in one database most of your problems will probably
> > go away.
> >
> > If you have any more questions, please ask them on the bacula-users list.
> > We are no longer able to give support on this list.
> >
> > If you want to submit a Feature Request, please see http://www.bacula.org ->
> > Feature Request. However, please note that in this case, I am not sure
> > it is something we want to do, since it is something that works *far*
> > better having all users in the same database.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Kern
> >
> > On Wednesday 23 June 2010 16:59:44 maimic@... wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> We backup every user PC with bacula 5.0.2.
> >> For each user, we configure a different mysql database and a named
> >> console with a list of restricted ACL commands list
> >> (http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.h
> >>tml #SECTION0018180000000000000000). Example :
> >>
> >> Console {
> >> Name = CONSOLEpomartin
> >> Password = "......"
> >> JobACL = JOBpomartin,JOB-RESTORE-pomartin
> >> ClientACL = po-martin-fd,bacula-fd
> >> StorageACL = FILEpomartin
> >> ScheduleACL = PLANIFpomartin
> >> PoolACL =
> >> "POOL-Full-pomartin","POOL-Diff-pomartin","POOL-Incr-pomartin"
> >> FileSetACL = LOTpomartin
> >> CatalogACL = CATpomartin
> >> CommandACL = *all*
> >> WhereACL= "c:/temp","e:/temp","/tmp"
> >>
> >> This named console is used by Bat from the user PC. Example of
> >> bat.conf :
> >>
> >> Director {
> >> Name = bacula-dir
> >> DIRport = 9101
> >> address = bacula
> >> Password="......"
> >> }
> >>
> >> Console {
> >> Name = CONSOLEpomartin
> >> Password="....."
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> When Bat starts, it displays four error messages "You must specify a
> >> use catalog-name command before continuing", "Could not find catalog
> >> resources". After entering the use command, the connection with the
> >> catalog/database is OK.
> >>
> >> For a more comprehensive usage by the users who doesn't understand
> >> these error messages, would it be possible that bat connects directly to
> >> the catalog/database configured for this user/PC ?
> >> Could Bat use the CatalogACL directive specified in the Console
> >> Resource of the director ?
> >> Or, would it be possible to add an optional "Catalog directive" in the
> >> bat.conf ?
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> Michel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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