Option NWPWFILE is only used to store netware username and password
     
     If you set  PASSWORDACCESS option to generate  the adsm client  ask 
     you to enter the node password  the first time and store it encrypted 
     in a file
     
     Be careful if the password expires on the server the client generate 
     automaticly a new password. 
     
     Regards
     
     
     
     
     Alain.Ricois AT ibesis DOT com
     


____________________________ Séparateur Réponse ________________________________
Objet : adsm and novell encrypted password
Auteur :  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> à Internet
Date :    08/07/98 10:21


To all:
     
Maybe I'm just not getting it on the Novell platform (but I've never 
claimed to be a Novell guru), but given the following parms in a Novell 
client's DSM.OPT file, why would the machine keep asking for a password to 
be entered before starting an incremental backup (and thus wait until this 
password is provided before starting anything)?
     
NODENAME CRPNHQTS
NWPWFILE YES
     
The documentation recommends NOT using the NWUSER parm for security 
reasons, and states that the NWPWFILE parm is preferred not only because of 
the encrypted file it creates, but because the "user" is no longer prompted 
for the password after the 1st connection. Since ADSM is using scheduled 
operations on the Novell platform, this is obviously the preferred method 
for our environment. BBBUUUTTTT, the machine continues to ask for the 
password (and, of course, the window for the backup comes and goes as a 
result). Did I miss something? Does the client need to be bounced before 
performing the LOAD DSMC SCHED (similar to the scheduler service on NT)?
     
Thanks much to all who answer!
     
C.L.Cannam
Storage Management
GENAM/St. Louis, MO/USA
ccannam AT genam DOT com


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