Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.1)
  1. About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
    1.  
      About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
  2. User authentication
    1. About user authentication on the NetBackup appliance
      1.  
        User types that can authenticate on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About configuring user authentication
      1.  
        Generic user authentication guidelines
    3.  
      About authenticating LDAP users
    4.  
      About authenticating Active Directory users
    5.  
      About authenticating Kerberos-NIS users
    6.  
      About the appliance login banner
    7. About user name and password specifications
      1.  
        About STIG compliant password policy rules
  3. User authorization
    1.  
      About user authorization on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About authorizing NetBackup appliance users
      1.  
        NetBackup appliance user role privileges
    3.  
      About the Administrator user role
    4.  
      About the NetBackupCLI user role
  4. Intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems
    1.  
      About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance
    2.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system
    3.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion detection system
    4.  
      Reviewing SDCS events on the NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Running SDCS in unmanaged mode on the NetBackup appliance
    6.  
      Running SDCS in managed mode on the NetBackup appliance
    7.  
      Overriding the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system policy
    8.  
      Re-enabling the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system policy
  5. Log files
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance log files
    2.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    3.  
      Where to find NetBackup appliance log files using the Browse command
    4.  
      Gathering device logs with the DataCollect command
    5.  
      Log Forwarding feature overview
  6. Operating system security
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance operating system security
    2.  
      Major components of the NetBackup appliance OS
    3.  
      Disabled service accounts on the NetBackup appliance
    4.  
      Vulnerability scanning of the NetBackup appliance
  7. Data security
    1.  
      About data security
    2.  
      About data integrity
    3.  
      About data classification
    4. About data encryption
      1.  
        KMS support
  8. Web security
    1.  
      About SSL certification
  9. Network security
    1.  
      About IPsec Channel Configuration
    2.  
      About NetBackup appliance ports
  10. Call Home security
    1.  
      About AutoSupport
    2. About Call Home
      1.  
        Configuring Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Enabling and disabling Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      3.  
        Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      4.  
        Understanding the Call Home workflow
    3. About SNMP
      1.  
        About the Management Information Base (MIB)
  11. IPMI security
    1.  
      Introduction to IPMI configuration
    2.  
      Recommended IPMI settings
    3.  
      Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate
  12. STIG compliance
    1.  
      OS STIG hardening for NetBackup appliances
    2.  
      Unenforced STIG hardening rules
  13. Appendix A. Security release content
    1.  
      NetBackup Appliance security release content

About the NetBackupCLI user role

A NetBackupCLI user 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. The NetBackupCLI users share a home directory and do not have access to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console or the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu.

Table: Rights and restrictions of the appliance NetBackupCLI user lists the rights and restrictions of NetBackupCLI users.

Table: Rights and restrictions of the appliance NetBackupCLI user

Rights

Restrictions

The NetBackupCLI user can use the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu to do the following:

  • Run the NetBackup CLI and access the NetBackup directories and files.

  • Modify or create NetBackup notify scripts using the cp-nbu-notify command.

    Note:

    The notify script restriction has been lifted from versions 2.6.0.2 and higher.

  • Run the following NetBackup commands and for the following directories that contain the NetBackup CLI:

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/*

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/*

    • /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/*

    • /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/*

    • /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/goodies/*

    • /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin/mtstrmd

    • /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin/pdcfg

    • /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin/pdusercfg

    • /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/pdde

    • /usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/*

The following restrictions are placed on NetBackupCLI users:

  • NetBackupCLI users do not have access outside of the NetBackup software directories.

  • They cannot edit the bp.conf file directly using an editor. Use the bpsetconfig command to set an attribute.

  • The cp-nbu-config command supports creating and editing NetBackup touch configuration files only in the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config directory.

  • They cannot use the man or -h command to see the help of any other command.

How to run NetBackup commands as a NetBackupCLI user

Use one of the following methods to run commands as a NetBackupCLI user:

  • Restricted shell.

  • Absolute path ["sudo"]. For example: bppllist or /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpplist

How to run special directive operations

Special directive operations can fail if the special directive files and commands are not in the correct NetBackup list or path. One example of a special directive operation is when you specify an alternate restore path.

Appliance users that need to run NetBackup commands to access special directive files as a NetBackupCLI user, must do the following to ensure successful operation:

  • Add the /home/nbusers path to the NetBackup bpcd whitelist.

  • Add the special directive commands to the /home/nbusers directory.

For details about adding entries to the NetBackup bpcd whitelist, refer to the BPCD_WHITELIST_PATH configuration option in the following documents:

NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume 1 - Release 7.7.2

NetBackup Commands Reference Guide - Release 7.7.2