---- Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:05:33 +0000, Steve Garcia said: > > > > ---- Martin Simmons <mar...@lispworks.com> wrote: > > > > > > The director sends the address (in bacula-dir.conf) of the storage daemon > > > to > > > the client, which then makes its own connection to the storage daemon. > > > There > > > is a picture here: > > > > And that's the crux of the question. I was under the impression that there > > was no direct connection. I based that solely on the lack of a shared > > password between the file daemon and the storage daemon. Does the director > > pass the authentication to the file daemon as well? > > No, it doesn't send the password from the config file. > > The storage daemon generates a random session key, which is returned to the > director. The director passes this to the file daemon to allow it to > authenticate with the storage daemon. > > __Martin
OK, so it handles the authentication, just not using the original password. That makes a lot of sense. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
