Authorizing Nonroot Users for Specific Applications

It is possible to authorize nonroot users for a subset of the NetBackup-Java administrator applications. This done as part of allowing nonroot usage of the NetBackup-Java administrator applications. (See step 3 in Allowing Nonroot Users to Administer NetBackup.)

To authorize users for a subset of the NetBackup-Java administrator applications, use the following identifiers for the ADMIN keyword in the auth.conf file:

ALL - Indicates administration of all of the below

AM - Activity Monitor

BPM - Backup Policy Management

BAR or JBP - Backup, Archive, and Restore

CAT - Catalog

DM - Device Monitor

HPD - Host Properties

MM - Media Management

REP - Reports

SUM - Storage Unit Management

For example, to give a user named joe access only to the Device Monitor and Activity Monitor, add the following entry to the auth.conf file.