[Veritas-bu] non root bpbackup
2003-08-12 16:26:35
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veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu wrote on 08/12/2003 03:20:39 PM:
> bpbackup isn't normally a privileged command. It is, however,
> limited to reading the files/directories that Unix permissions
> allow. bpbackupdb is a root-only command but I suppose you could
> just chmod it to a SUID program & open the execution permissions.
>
> Why allow the user to backup the catalog?
>
See i have a DB/Netbackup server. I use cron to run the DB shutdown, then
bpbackup, then start up the db again and submit bpbackupdb.
I'm moving netbackup to a separate server. I don't want to do root
ssh/rsh. I want to control everything from the DB server.
Karl
PS: db server is running progress.
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<br><font size=2><tt>veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu wrote on
08/12/2003
03:20:39 PM:<br>
<br>
> bpbackup isn't normally a privileged command. It is, however,
<br>
> limited to reading the files/directories that Unix permissions <br>
> allow. bpbackupdb is a root-only command but I suppose you could
<br>
> just chmod it to a SUID program & open the execution permissions.
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> Why allow the user to backup the catalog?</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>See i have a DB/Netbackup server. I use cron to run
the DB shutdown, then bpbackup, then start up the db again and submit
bpbackupdb.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>I'm moving netbackup to a separate server. I don't
want to do root ssh/rsh. I want to control everything from the DB
server.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Karl</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>PS: db server is running progress.</tt></font>
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