[CentOS] create account for Backup Exec 12.5 on Linux [RHEL5 or 4] to perform backup???
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m.roth at 5-cent.usWed Jan 12 21:30:24 UTC 2011
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Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Sven Aluoor <aluoor at gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:27 PM, mcclnx mcc <mcclnx at yahoo.com.tw> wrote: >>> We have several LINUX servers with Backup Exec 12.5 client on it. >>> Based on Backup administrator told us when configure backup EXEC >>> client he need "root" password. Also we can NOT change "root" password >>> after configure otherwise backup will failed. >>> >>> Does there has way I can create a account with special group assign to >>> it for Backup EXEC to use? <snip> > Your Backup Exec configuration advisor needs an education in the use > of "sudo" or restricted SSH keys to provide restricted access to the > necessary commands for Backup Exec. And he most *certainly* does not > need a "root password". Sudo or SSH key based access should be plenty, > so that you can revoke it relatively safely as needed. <snip> Yeah, that's probably your best bet. You can add entries to sudo - maybe create an admin, or backup, account, who can can use sudo *only* to run the backup command. mark
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