Also for Bex you can choice to send the password encrypted instead of plain text for NDMP backups.

-----Original Message----- From: Bokkelkamp Ernst [mailto:ernst.bokkelkamp@siemens.com] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 5:12 PM To: Holland, William L; 'Alfred Lim'; 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: RE: NDMP Login

It is worthwile to read the documentation for 6.4.1

Not only can you create another user for NDMP, it also allows you to generate an ndmp specific password.

see: ndmpd password <username>

Bye Ernie

-----Original Message----- From: Holland, William L [mailto:hollandwl@state.gov] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 7:09 PM To: 'Alfred Lim'; 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: RE: NDMP Login

We are using 6.4.1 and using anything other than the root account fails.

-----Original Message----- From: Alfred Lim [mailto:alf1650@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 12:17 PM To: Holland, William L; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: NDMP Login

Hi,

I think in the version 6.4.1, it is able to use other user to do NDMP backup Probably you want to check on that?

-Alf

----- Original Message ----- From: "Holland, William L" hollandwl@state.gov To: toasters@mathworks.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:43 PM Subject: NDMP Login

Is there anyway to configure a filer so that one does not have to use the root account for NDMP operations? It is against all generally acceptable guidelines to allow root access to a system over a network. Any software package that would be used to perform NDMP backups would have to pass the root id and password over the network. In the case of some products it is in plaintext (SyncSort BackupExpress uses plaintext) thus making and

entire

filer system vulnerable.