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Re: [BackupPC-users] Managing connections to the administration interface

2011-04-05 16:58:04
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Managing connections to the administration interface
From: Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey AT BUC DOT com>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:55:02 -0400
On 4/5/2011 4:37 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 04/05 10:22 , Grégoire COUTANT wrote:
>> I can not find in the documentation the possibility of restricting 
>> access to the administration.
>> It may be useful for some users to access the backup but without being 
>> able to restore a server.
> in /etc/backuppc/hosts there are examples like this:
>
> #farside    0       craig   jill,jeff     # <--- example static IP host entry
> #larson     1       bill                  # <--- example DHCP host entry
>
> In the first case, craig, jill, and jeff would have administrative control
> over 'farside'. In the second case, only 'bill' would have control of
> 'larson'.
>
> If a user does not have control over a host, they will not be able to see it
> in the administrative web interface.

I think the question should have been:

"Is it possible to allow a user to view the backup information without
being able to start a restore job?"

AFAIK, that is not possible.  Access to a host in the web interface is
all or nothing.

-- 
Bowie

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