On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 05:06:40PM -0400, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
> Paul Bijnens on Wed 6/08 22:45 +0200:
> > But if you only have one computer and it is the server and
> > client itself, then there is indeed no problem to using
> > "localhost". (But don't say we didn't warn you :-)
>
> now *that
, but don't expect us to agree with it.
Don
Donald L. (Don) Ritchey
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From: Scott Mcdermott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: how to get columns to li
> "Jon" == Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Jon> That might be one reason to encrypt the backups.
Jon> A method was posted using pgp about 18 months ago.
The reference I found was from 1999, and was very fuzzy on details.
If someone is actually doing this, could they update the
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 12:13:38PM -0400, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
> anyone know of an easy way to get columns to appear somewhat
> legibly without hacking the amanda source?
>
> localhostuser-e1 12390460 12390460.00 --33:36 6147.200195
> 33:36 6146.399902
>
I don't recall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed 6/08 12:13 -0500:
> And anyone who can get local root on his/her workstation
> can use 'amrecover' to obtain any filesystem backed up from
> 'localhost', since localhost is valid on any system.
then what prevents joe user from just modifying /etc/hosts
on his machine to
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 14:25, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed 6/08 12:26 -0500:
>> How far do you want to take your paranoia? I take it
>> pretty far as a system admin, but I think I know where to
>> draw the line.
>
>what are you talking about? you think if anyone with root
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 16:25, Russell Adams wrote:
>> Also, get rid of 'localhost'! Amanda is a client/server program
>> and will only work right (although no effect on this formatting
>> problem) for all functions if the FQDN of the machine is used. We
>> should fix a filter to add this to th
Gene Heskett on Tue 5/08 20:02 -0400:
> > I've heard this before. What exactly is the problem with
> > localhost? Could you elaborate?
>
> Primarily its a security issue because *any* machine can
> be localhost. By using the FQDN, there is then no
> ambiguity as to which machine is being addres
Scott Mcdermott wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed 6/08 12:26 -0500:
How far do you want to take your paranoia? I take it
pretty far as a system admin, but I think I know where to
draw the line.
what are you talking about? you think if anyone with root on
any client amanda backs up, or the DNS ad
Paul Bijnens on Wed 6/08 22:45 +0200:
> But if you only have one computer and it is the server and
> client itself, then there is indeed no problem to using
> "localhost". (But don't say we didn't warn you :-)
now *that* is a reasonable answer.
I'm still concerned though, that anyone on any cli
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On Wednesday 06 August 2003 11:45, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
> Gene Heskett on Tue 5/08 20:02 -0400:
> > > I've heard this before. What exactly is the problem with
> > > localhost? Could you elaborate?
> >
> > Primarily its a security issue because *any
anyone know of an easy way to get columns to appear somewhat
legibly without hacking the amanda source?
here's what output looks like for me:
HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s MMM:SS KB/s
-- --
localhost/export/cor
Scott Mcdermott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: how to get columns to line up in summary?
Gene Heskett on Tue 5/08 20:02 -0400:
> > I've heard this before. What exactly is the problem with
> > localhost? Cou
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed 6/08 12:26 -0500:
> How far do you want to take your paranoia? I take it
> pretty far as a system admin, but I think I know where to
> draw the line.
what are you talking about? you think if anyone with root on
any client amanda backs up, or the DNS admin, can restore
fi
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 12:13, Scott Mcdermott wrote:
>anyone know of an easy way to get columns to appear somewhat
>legibly without hacking the amanda source?
>
>here's what output looks like for me:
>
>HOSTNAME DISK L ORIG-KB OUT-KB COMP% MMM:SS KB/s
> MMM:SS KB/s -
> Also, get rid of 'localhost'! Amanda is a client/server program and
> will only work right (although no effect on this formatting problem)
> for all functions if the FQDN of the machine is used. We should fix
> a filter to add this to the sig of every message posted thru the
> list. If you
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