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 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 [email protected] 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>--- --- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > >> GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > >> lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bacula-devel mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
