Authorizing NetBackup-Java Users on Windows

To use the NetBackup-Java Windows Display Console, you must first log into the NetBackup-Java application server that is on the NetBackup host where you want to perform NetBackup administration or user operations.

Users log in to the application server when logging into the dialog that appears when starting the console. This is done through the Windows Display Console or by starting the NetBackup Administration Console on a UNIX system.

During login, users provide a user name and password that is valid on the computer specified in the NetBackup host field of the login dialog box.

The user name for Windows must be of the form: domainname\username

domainname specifies the domain of the NetBackup host. The domain is not required if the NetBackup host is not a member of a domain.

The NetBackup-Java application server authenticates the user name and password by using standard Windows authentication capabilities for the specified computer.

If neither NetBackup Access Control nor Enhanced Authorization and Authentication are configured for the users, by default the NetBackup-Java application server provides authorization data that allows all users that are members of the administrator group for the host's domain to use all the NetBackup-Java applications. Other users are allowed to access only Backup, Archive, and Restore.

If desired, restrict access to NetBackup-Java or some of its applications by creating an nbjava_install_path\java\auth.conf authorization file as explained in Restricting Access on Windows.