You should not really have to much of a problem,

The tsm client 4.1 is installed on the nt server and will use the system
account to backup and restore files. You do not need to grant authorities
for uses on the NT box itself. Within ADSM server you will need to set up
users and give them the privileges that they require for there job and then
they can use the web client to restore or backup files or administer ADSM.

When setting up the schedular service for the NT client to backup to the
ADSM server you require the privilege to install the service on the NT
server. Once that is done it defaults to using the system account. Use the
dsmcutil install program to install the service on each NT server you
require to backup using a schedule.

I hope that makes some sense. If not please give me an email and I will try
to explain further.

anthony



 -----Original Message-----
From:   Steve Harris [mailto:Steve_Harris AT HEALTH.QLD.GOV DOT AU]
Sent:   Thursday, 18 January 2001 17:57
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject:        Windows NT authorities

Hi All,

I'm a Unix guy who is getting seriously into backing up NT servers for the
first time and I'm trying to discover how to set up a user with the minimum
necessary authorities to run backup and restore on any given NT 4 box.
I've looked in the documentation  and there is nothing other than to install
as administrator and make sure the user has authority on network drives,
which doesn't help as they don't tell you how to set up to run as a
different user.  I could find nothing recent and useful on the archived list
either.

Can someone please walk me through how to do this and what authorities are
necessary?  Client is 4.1.2 talking to 3.1.2.50 server, and I want to use
web client as well as server-scheduled backups

Many thanks

Steve Harris
AIX and ADSM Admin