[Bacula-devel] BAT and catalog/database selection

[<ma...@fr...>]

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.html#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