User`s guide

Example 2

The above authentication policy might not work on Linux distributions with kernel version 2.4—

including Red Hat Linux and VMware

ESX™ 3.5 Upgrade 2—because the pam_succeed_if.so module

is not supported there.

In this case, you can use the following authentication policy.

1. As the root user, create the file /etc/pam.d/Acronis_trusted_users

2. Add the names of the non-root users whom you want to allow to manage the machine, to this

file, one user name per line. For example, if you want to add the users user_a, user_b, and

user_c, add the following three lines to the file:

user_a

user_b

user_c

If necessary, also add the root user to the file.

3. Create the file /etc/pam.d/Acronisagent-trusted with the following content:

#%PAM-1.0

auth required pam_unix.so

auth required pam_listfile.so item=user sense=allow

file=/etc/pam.d/Acronis_trusted_users onerr=fail

account required pam_unix.so

2.14.7.5. Acronis security groups

On a machine running Windows, Acronis security groups determine who can manage the machine

remotely and act as Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server administrator.

These groups are created when Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agents or Acronis Backup & Recovery

10 Management Server are being installed. During installation, you can specify what users to include

in each group.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agents

When Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Agent for Windows is being installed on a machine, the Acronis

Remote Users group is created (or updated).

A user who is a member of this group can manage the machine remotely by using Acronis Backup &

Recovery 10 Management Console, according to the management rights described in Users' privileges

on a managed machine (p. 32).

By default, this group includes all members of the Administrators group.

Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server

When Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Management Server is being installed on a machine, two groups

are created (or updated):

Acronis Centralized Admins

A user who is a member of this group is a management server administrator. Management server

administrators can connect to the management server by using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10