Tweak MaxRunTime doc

[bacula/docs] / docs / manuals / en / main / dirdconf.tex

diff --git a/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex b/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex
index 28aee4c5fd782b430dacb430136aaad92bfc8996..7b5ea5dcea081d7c87e2daece32d836c267a0415 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex
+++ b/docs/manuals/en/main/dirdconf.tex
@@ -931,7 +931,12 @@ chapter}{basejobs} for more information.
 \index[dir]{Directive!Max Run Time}
    The time specifies the maximum allowed time that a job may run, counted
    from when the job starts, ({\bf not} necessarily the same as when the
-   job was scheduled).
+   job was scheduled). 
+
+   By default, the the watchdog thread will kill any Job that has run more
+   than 6 days.  The maximum watchdog timeout is independent of MaxRunTime
+   and cannot be changed.
+
 
 \item [Incremental|Differential Max Wait Time = \lt{}time\gt{}]
 \index[dir]{Incremental Wait Run Time}