[Veritas-bu] Remote Admin Console 4.5
2002-09-25 14:12:01
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[Veritas-bu] Remote Admin Console 4.5 |
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jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com (Jeff Kennedy) |
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Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:12:01 -0700 |
Start with pg 395 of the Unix Admin guide, Enhanced Authentication and
Authorization. The answer is in there.
~JK
Craig Everett wrote:
>
> Jeff,
>
> Thanks for the reply, but I have to disagree with you. By default the remote
> admin console installs using the user account of the person who installs it
> on the remote windows box (i.e. the administrator or who ever was logged in
> for the install). This has been the case since the inception of this product
> and there is a common work around noted for previous versions of this product
> but doesn't work the same with 4.5. What I was looking for was the work
> around to change the user authentication for 4.5. Normally there would be a
> properties file to edit in the install directory (C:\program
> files\veritas\netbackup\) but that file has been either removed in this
> version or called by a different name.
>
> Also the non-root user authentication and management you're talking about is
> only for local administration on the master server itself and doesn't address
> use of the remote admin console.
>
> Thanks again for your help and I'll let you know how we resolve the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [mailto:jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 6:50 AM
> To: Craig Everett
> Cc: Veritas Netbackup (E-mail); bbrown AT neurogeneticsinc DOT com
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Remote Admin Console 4.5
>
> By default, a remote admin client will authenticate as root. You may be
> running the remote backup/restore client, this is one of the differences
> between 3.4 and 4.5.
>
> On the master server there is a host properties section with the master
> listed. Modify the "servers" tab of the properties and add the client
> you are trying to remote admin from. This will authenticate the client
> to the master as root. Make sure the master can resolve the hostname of
> the client (I had to put an entry in /etc/hosts for my reserved dhcp
> client).
>
> You can also look into non-root user authentication and management in
> the Admin Guide, pg 378 of the Unix Admin Guide. Don't know about the
> Windows guide.
>
> ~JK
>
> Craig Everett wrote:
> >
> > I've just upgraded to 4.5 on my Solaris master server and I upgraded the
> > remote admin client on my windows workstation. After adding the
> > server=remote_admin_client to my master server bp.conf the remote admin
> > client comes with information but I'm missing stuff for policies and
> > several other things. I think it's some user permission stuff that's
> > causing this problem. I think my remote admin console is using a user other
> > than root to authenticate into the master it's managing. Is there a way to
> > change that default setting? I've seen some old documentation from
> > Netbackup 3.2 on support.veritas.com that talks about editing a file but
> > since that doesn't exist in 4.5 I can't find where to change this. Any one
> > with experience please lend a hand.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Craig Everett
> > Systems Consultant
> > ASG Professional Services
> > ceverett AT virtual DOT com
> > 619-917-6030
> >
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> --
> =====================
> Jeff Kennedy
> Unix Administrator
> AMCC
> jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
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Jeff Kennedy
Unix Administrator
AMCC
jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com
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