I'd think you could do (most of) it without root, provided you
set file permissions accordingly and either used "sudo" or a
setuid mechanism to do things like restart the server and run
dsmc restores...

Haven't tried it though, so there might be a gotcha in there
somewhere.


Pat Wilson
paw AT dartmouth DOT edu


>  We have ADSM server running on AIX 4.3.2 which is backing up many AIX client
>  systems. The UNIX admins install the server and client code. The ADSM
>  administrator does all other tasks related to ADSM.
>
>  Our shop is trying to reduce the number of people that have access to the
>  UNIX root userid.
>
>  Question:  Is it possible to administer the ADSM server and its clients
>  without having access to the UNIX root user?  By administer I mean things
>  like changing the client options file, the server options file, recycling
>  the client scheduler, and restoring files. How do other shops handle this?
>  Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>  Thanks,
>  Dale