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Veritas NetBackup™ Virtual Appliance Documentation

Last Published: 2017-07-25

Product(s): Appliances (3.0)

About NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types

Table: NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types describes the user accounts that are available on the appliance.

Table: NetBackup Virtual Appliance account types

Account type	Description
User	The NetBackup Virtual Appliance is administered and managed through user accounts. You can create local user accounts, or register users and user groups that belong to a remote directory service. Each user account must authenticate itself with a user name and password to access the appliance. For a local user, the user name and password are managed on the appliance. For a registered remote user, the user name and password are managed by the remote directory service. In order for a new user account to log on and access the appliance, you must first authorize it with a role. By default, a new user account does not have an assigned role, and therefore it cannot log on until you grant it a role. You can grant the following roles to a user or a user group: Administrator A user account that is assigned the Administrator role is provided administrative privileges to manage the NetBackup Virtual Appliance. An Administrator user is allowed to log on, view, and perform all functions on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu. These user accounts have permissions to log on to the appliance and run NetBackup commands with superuser privileges. See About the Administrator user role. NetBackupCLI A user account that is assigned the NetBackupCLI role can execute all NetBackup commands, view logs, edit NetBackup touch files, and edit NetBackup notify scripts. NetBackupCLI users are solely restricted to run NetBackup commands with superuser privileges and do not have access outside the scope of NetBackup software directories. Once these users log on, they are taken to a restricted shell from where they can run the NetBackup commands. See About the NetBackupCLI user role.
admin	The admin account is the default Administrator user on the NetBackup Virtual Appliance. This account provides full appliance access and control for the default Administrator user. New NetBackup Virtual Appliance are shipped with the following default logon credentials: User name: `admin` Password: `P@ssw0rd` When mounting or mapping shares from an appliance, make note of the following: Windows: Only the Admin account is authorized to mount or map Windows CIFS shares. Linux: Only users with a root access account can issue the mount command directly to mount NFS shares.
Maintenance	The Maintenance account is used by Veritas Support through the NetBackup Virtual Appliance Shell Menu (after an administrative log-on). This account is used specifically to perform maintenance activity or to troubleshoot the appliance.
AppComm	The AppComm account is used for internal process communication.
sisips	The sisips account is an internal user for implementing the SDCS policies.
root	The root account is a restricted user that is only accessed by Veritas Support to perform maintenance tasks. If you try to access this account, the following message is displayed: Permission Denied !! Access to the root account requires overriding the Symantec Intrusion Security Policy. Please refer to the appliance security guide for overriding instructions. Warning: Please note that you can override the Veritas Intrusion Security Policy (ISP) to gain access to the root account. However, doing so is not recommended as it puts the system at risk and vulnerable to attack.See Overriding the NetBackup Virtual Appliance intrusion prevention system policy.

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