Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide
- About the NetBackup Appliance Security Guide
- User authentication
- User authorization
- Intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems
- Log files
- Operating system security
- Data security
- Web security
- Network security
- Call Home security
- Remote Management Module (RMM) security
- Appendix A. Security release content
About user authentication on the NetBackup appliance
The NetBackup 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.
Table: NetBackup Appliance account types describes the user accounts that are available on the appliance.
Table: NetBackup Appliance account types
Account name | Description |
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admin | The admin account is the default Administrator user on the NetBackup Appliance. This account provides full appliance access and control for the default Administrator user. New appliances are shipped with the following default logon credentials:
When mounting or mapping shares from an appliance, make note of the following:
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AMSadmin | The AMSadmin account provides full access to the following appliance interfaces:
For complete details about this account, see the Veritas Appliance Management Guide. |
maintenance | The maintenance account is used by Veritas Support through the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu (after an administrative log-on). This account is used specifically to perform maintenance activity or to troubleshoot the appliance. Note: This account is also used to make GRUB changes, and for single user mode boot when the STIG option is enabled. |
AppComm | The AppComm account is used for internal process communication. |