From e2a3cf7f75617e6da7f0506316d8e80155812ea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kern Sibbald Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 11:13:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak SetIP command --- docs/manuals/en/console/bconsole.tex | 15 ++++++++++----- docs/manuals/en/main/consoleconf.tex | 19 +++++++++---------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/console/bconsole.tex b/docs/manuals/en/console/bconsole.tex index c46820dc..fee60ce7 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/console/bconsole.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/console/bconsole.tex @@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ authorized users to interact with Bacula. You can determine the status of a 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. @@ -1082,6 +1077,16 @@ setdebug level=nn [trace=0/1 client=\lt{}client-name\gt{} | dir | director | \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} diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/consoleconf.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/consoleconf.tex index 563c81ad..b868ceb0 100644 --- a/docs/manuals/en/main/consoleconf.tex +++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/consoleconf.tex @@ -124,19 +124,18 @@ ConsoleFont { \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 -- 2.39.5