---
name: "bareos-dir"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bareos-director"
version: "16.2.6-5"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bareos-dir"
---

# bareos-dir(8)

Bareos Director

## NAME

**bareos-dir** - Bareos Director

## SYNOPSIS

**bareos-dir** \[*options*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **bareos-dir** command.\
 Bareos's Director Daemon acts as the controller of the network backup system: it is responsible for scheduling and coordinating backups across the network.

## OPTIONS

- **-c** *path*

  Specify the configuration file or directory to use.

- **-d** *nn*

  Set debug level to *nn*.

- **-dt**

  Print timestamp in debug output.

- **-f**

  Run in foreground (for debugging).

- **-g** *group*

  Set the group/gid to run as.

- **-m**

  Print kaboom output (for debugging)

- **-r** *job*

  Run \<job\>.

- **-s**

  No signals (for debugging).

- **-t**

  Test the configuration and report errors.

- **-u** *user*

  Set the username/uid to run as.

- **-v**

  Set verbose mode.

- **-?**

  Show version and usage of program.

## TCP-WRAPPERS CONFIGURATION

Tcpwrappers looks for the service name of the bareos daemons in *hosts.allow* The service names are not the names of the binaries, but the configured names of the components, often %hostname%-%component%.

So the hosts.allow entry has to match **%hostname%-%component%** (servername-dir for example) instead of bareos-%component%

**WARNING:**

This means that if the hosts.allow file has the entry:

**bareos-dir: ALL**

you will not be able to run bconsole to connect to the local director!

The entry would have to read:

**server-dir: ALL**

and this will allow the console to connect to the director. (The process running is bareos-dir.)

## SEE ALSO

[**bareos-fd**(8)](/bareos-fd/8.md), [**bareos-sd**(8)](/bareos-sd/8.md).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon \<jltallon@adv-solutions.net\>.