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Re: [Networker] configure clients as administrators on NetWorker server

2009-10-12 11:36:14
Subject: Re: [Networker] configure clients as administrators on NetWorker server
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:30:16 -0400
On 10/11/09 11:13 PM, Joey Admin wrote:
Hi all.

What is this with RMAN backups and NMM backups, that you need to make an
entry such as this one on the NetWorker server in the list of administrators:

user=system,host=host.domain.com
user=administrator,host=host.domain.com

I'm not confortable listing users on a particular client as an administrator
of the NetWorker zone.

Don't you think this is a security hole?

If you run a separate data zone for each customer base, then as long as they each trust each other it is no more dangerous than they all being administrators on those systems. However, if you run a single data zone that contains separate customer bases -- Yep, big security risk.

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