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Appendix 1 - Credentials for remote operations GFI Backup 2011  35

7 Appendix 1 - Credentials for remote operations

7.1 Introduction

On all Microsoft systems, an entity that requests access to data requires rights to access

such data, otherwise access is denied. In the case of GFI Backup, the credentials are

defined in Settings ► Backup /Restore Settings as the method used by GFI Backup to

acquire read rights.

When installing GFI Backup Network Edition, the wizard will guide you to configure

the Data Access Method. For more information, refer to Step 1: Select the Data

Access Method within the Installing GFI Backup chapter.

Since different networks have different requirements, GFI Backup cannot automatically

determine what a network‟s requirements are. This setting enables GFI Backup to:

 Provide a single set of account credentials with rights to all the data to back up (for

example, a domain or local administrator password)

 Have network users provide their own password, which will be securely stored and

used at the time of backup to access data residing on the computers that they use.

7.2 One account for all

This method is typically recommended for Active Directory environments where system

administrators have exact control over users and permissions. Through a single account with

domain or local administrator privileges, or an ad-hoc account purposely created with rights

over the data to access, you typically can access all the data over the network and have GFI

Backup back it up for you.

This method is also applicable in Microsoft Windows Workgroup environments if you create

an administrator account on each and every computer on the workgroup with the same set

of login credentials. While this might be feasible for small networks, this may not be practical

in larger workgroup environments due to the management overhead.

To configure GFI Backup to use this method, select Use the following user account

credentials and key-in a set of credentials that have read/write access over all the data to

back up. These credentials are typically your domain or local administrator credentials which

have full access rights to the data to backup. For added security you may also however,

create an ad-hoc, administrative, account with “read” rights over all the data to back up and

“write” rights over all the locations to restore data to.

The account to be used should be keyed in using one of the following two formats:

 domain\username

 username@domain.com

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