Hello,
If root account is used ( not recommended) then no ndmp password needs to 
be generated.
Note: If you change root password, ndmp user password may need to be 
re-generated.
If you use nonroot, legato must be configured with it to run successful 
backups on the filers ( for each filer client), Look into backup guide 
that comes with filer and NDMP implementation  info in admin guide for 
Legato.
You may also look into this cmd
ndmpd password ndmpuser  , where ndmpuser is the account on the filer that 
will be used for backups.
HTH



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Permissions to run NDMP Backup of NetApp filer






Our SAN / NAS manager wants to tighten down the rights for the account
we're using for the NDMP backups.

Does anyone know (or know of a whitepaper/best practices doc) what the
minimum necessary rights are to keep them running?

Networker server is running 7.4.2 on Windows 2003.

The Filer has connections via the SAN fabric to the tape library.

Let me know what other information would be helpful.

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