From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:00:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document issues surrounding bug #990.
X-Git-Tag: Release-3.0.0~2357
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1ad09a3c653ec15f9627dd6c8adfa68046148318;p=bacula%2Fdocs

Document issues surrounding bug #990.
passing the password on the command line
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diff --git a/docs/manual/pools.tex b/docs/manual/pools.tex
index 39966485..10217f84 100644
--- a/docs/manual/pools.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/pools.tex
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ Job {
   Messages = Standard
   Pool = Default
   # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
+  # WARNING!!! Passing the password via the command line is insecure.
+  # see comments in make_catalog_backup for details.
   RunBeforeJob = "/home/bacula/bin/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula"
   # This deletes the copy of the catalog
   RunAfterJob  = "/home/bacula/bin/delete_catalog_backup"
diff --git a/docs/manual/postgresql.tex b/docs/manual/postgresql.tex
index b59a8d4e..88ee31fe 100644
--- a/docs/manual/postgresql.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/postgresql.tex
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ password in place, these two lines should look something like:
 \begin{verbatim}
   dbname = bacula; user = bacula; password = "secret"
     ... and ...
+ # WARNING!!! Passing the password via the command line is insecure.
+ # see comments in make_catalog_backup for details.
   RunBeforeJob = "/etc/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula secret"
 \end{verbatim}
 \normalsize
diff --git a/docs/manual/strategies.tex b/docs/manual/strategies.tex
index c3eaed62..ed2172cb 100644
--- a/docs/manual/strategies.tex
+++ b/docs/manual/strategies.tex
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ Job {
   Messages = Standard
   Pool = Default
  # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
+ # WARNING!!! Passing the password via the command line is insecure.
+ # see comments in make_catalog_backup for details.
   RunBeforeJob = "/usr/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup -u bacula"
  # This deletes the copy of the catalog, and ejects the tape
   RunAfterJob  = "/etc/bacula/end_of_backup.sh"