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My logon account in BE shows &quot;root@servername&quot;....<br />

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My logon account in BE shows "root@servername"....


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have you checked your &quot;agent.cfg&quot; file on the linux server ?
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have you checked your "agent.cfg" file on the linux server ?

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I was told the agent.cfg file was correct by the server owner. &nbsp;It mentions the backup server, and on the backup server I can see the files to select them. &nbsp;I was not told however to use root, but a username that was configured by the server owner/admin.
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I was told the agent.cfg file was correct by the server owner.  It mentions the backup server, and on the backup server I can see the files to select them.  I was not told however to use root, but a username that was configured by the server owner/admin.

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I'm running Backup Exec 9.1 and it has the Unix agent which sees the Linux server I want to back up. &nbsp;I'm told from the server owner what username and password I should be using, but I keep getting authentication failures. &nbsp;I've configured the logon under logon accounts. &nbsp;What is the syntac for the username? &nbsp;Maybe that is my problem. &nbsp;Is it like Windows servers where the username is: server\username?
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I'm running Backup Exec 9.1 and it has the Unix agent which sees the Linux server I want to back up.  I'm told from the server owner what username and password I should be using, but I keep getting authentication failures.  I've configured the logon under logon accounts.  What is the syntac for the username?  Maybe that is my problem.  Is it like Windows servers where the username is: server\username?

Problems backing up a Linux server with Backup Exec 9.1

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

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The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

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The Linux operating system, in all its flavors, has its own share of security flaws that allow intrusions, but there are various mechanisms by which these flaws can be removed, generally divided into two parts: authentication and access control. Authentication is responsible for ensuring that a user requesting access to the system is really the user with the account, while access control is responsible for controlling which resources each account has access to and what kind of access is permitted.