From 1ad09a3c653ec15f9627dd6c8adfa68046148318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Langille Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:00:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document issues surrounding bug #990. passing the password on the command line --- docs/manual/pools.tex | 2 ++ docs/manual/postgresql.tex | 2 ++ docs/manual/strategies.tex | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+) 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" -- 2.39.5