particular job, examine the contents of the Catalog as well as perform certain
tape manipulations with the Console program.
-In addition, there is a bwx-console built with wxWidgets that allows a graphic
-restore of files. As of version 1.34.1 it is in an early stage of development,
-but it already is quite useful. Unfortunately, it has not been enhanced for
-some time now.
-
Since the Console program interacts with the Director through the network, your
Console and Director programs do not necessarily need to run on the same
machine.
\index[general]{setip}
Sets new client address -- if authorized.
+ A console is authorized to use the {\bf SetIP} command only if it has a
+ Console resource definition in both the Director and the Console. In
+ addition, if the console name, provided on the {\bf Name =} directive,
+ must be the same as a Client name, the user of that console is permitted
+ to use the {\bf SetIP} command to change the Address directive in the
+ Director's client resource to the IP address of the Console. This
+ permits portables or other machines using DHCP (non-fixed IP addresses)
+ to "notify" the Director of their current IP address.
+
+
\item [show]
\index[general]{show}
\index[general]{Console Resource}
\index[general]{Resource!Console}
-As of Bacula version 1.33 and higher, there are three different kinds of
-consoles, which the administrator or user can use to interact with the
-Director. These three kinds of consoles comprise three different security
-levels.
+There are three different kinds of consoles, which the administrator or
+user can use to interact with the Director. These three kinds of consoles
+comprise three different security levels.
\begin{itemize}
-\item The first console type is an {\bf anonymous} or {\bf default} console,
- which has full privileges. There is no console resource necessary for this
- type since the password is specified in the Director resource. This is the
- kind of console that was initially implemented in versions prior to 1.33 and
- remains valid. Typically you would use it only for administrators.
+\item The first console type is an {\bf anonymous} or {\bf default}
+ console, which has full privileges. There is no console resource
+ necessary for this type since the password is specified in the Director
+ resource. Typically you would use this {\bf anonymous} console
+ only for administrators.
-\item The second type of console, and new to version 1.33 and higher is a
+\item The second type of console is a
"named" or "restricted" console defined within a Console resource in
both the Director's configuration file and in the Console's
configuration file. Both the names and the passwords in these two