Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Start NBU non-root

2007-05-11 05:39:50
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Start NBU non-root
From: jpiszcz at lucidpixels.com (Justin Piszcz)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 05:39:50 -0400 (EDT)
NBU requires root.  End of story really.

Justin.

On Fri, 11 May 2007, Clooney, David wrote:

> Hi all,
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> Scenario:  Linux RD 3 5.1 MP6
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> Does anyone know if its possible to start netbackup as non root? Know it
> sounds strange however this server is used merely for info retrieval
> from other masters through CGI, currently policy specifies that apache
> cannot be started as root understandably for security reasons.
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> If I could start NBU as the same user as what apache does, it would make
> my life a lot easier ?
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> Regards
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> Dave
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