On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 03:13:15PM -0800, Gerardo Zapata wrote:
> I'm running the ADSM backup/archive client for HP-UX, backing up to an AIX 
> ADSM server. As far as I know, only a root user is able to run a succesful 
> backup on the client. I wouldn't like root executing the backups due to the 
> restricted access that we have for this user, instead I would like to create 
> a user able to launch the backups. I took a look at the ADSM documentation 
> and I found out that it is possible to create an ADSM authorized user for 
> this purpouse with the following properties:
>    - Runs with a real uid of 0 (root)
>    - Owns an executable whose owner's execution permission bit is set to s.
>
> I'm looking for a way to avoid giving my user a real uid of 0, is there any 
> way to create a user that can run adsm backups without being root?
As far as I can remember there is an option - at least for AIX - which tells
which user can run backups. Please check for the Users option in your client
documentation.

Hope this helps.
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