[bareos-users] Job file list broken

[k***@lf.lv]

Hello,

BareOS Reference Manual states that it is possible to list job files by
running "list files job=<job-name>" command:
http://doc.bareos.org/master/html/bareos-manual-main-reference.html#x1-19800015.4

Unfortunately this command doesn't seem to work on BareOS 17.2.4:
*list files job=backup-example
jobid not found in db, access to job or client denied by ACL, or client
not found in db
*list files job="backup-example"
jobid not found in db, access to job or client denied by ACL, or client
not found in db

I've verified that this job exists and backups are done properly,
besides this command is working fine in case if I specify jobid instread
of job name.

Is this feature deprecated or should I report a bug?


Thanks!
Karlis

[Jörg Steffens]

Post by k***@lf.lv
Hello,
BareOS Reference Manual states that it is possible to list job files by
http://doc.bareos.org/master/html/bareos-manual-main-reference.html#x1-19800015.4
*list files job=backup-example
jobid not found in db, access to job or client denied by ACL, or client
not found in db
*list files job="backup-example"
jobid not found in db, access to job or client denied by ACL, or client
not found in db
I've verified that this job exists and backups are done properly,
besides this command is working fine in case if I specify jobid instread
of job name.
Is this feature deprecated or should I report a bug?

There are two things here:

1. unfortunately, job has different meanings in Bareos.
a. job name as the name of the job resource
b. unique job name. This is typically the name of the job resource
plus a timestamp. It correspond 1 to 1 with the jobid.

The unique job name is mentioned in the first line of a backup joblog.
You can also see it by
llist jobs

Example:
jobid: 218
job: ganymed.2018-09-21_11.30.00_18
name: ganymed
...

"job:" is the unique job name.

2. Even specifying the unique job name does not help, as this produces
the same error as described by you. I think this error has been
introduced with 17.2 and the improved ACL handling.

Want to do?
I don't know.
The options are to fix this problem or remove the support for unique job
names in the list commands alltogether, as at least I don't see the
advantage of using unique job names instead of jobids.

regards,
Jörg
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