Mac OS X operating systemsOracle Solaris operating systemsLinux operating systemsAIX operating systems

Enable non-root users to manage their own data

To enable non-root users to use the backup-archive client to manage their own data, the system administrator must complete steps in addition to the normal configuration steps to setup first-time Authorized users for non-root users.

In addition to the normal configuration steps, the system administrator must complete the following steps to setup Authorized users for non-root users:
  1. Add a stanza in the client system-options file, dsm.sys, for the non-root user.
  2. In this stanza, use the passworddir option to point to a directory that is owned by the non-root user. The non-root user can then create a file in this passworddir directory.
  3. Assign the non-root user with a unique TSM node name.
  4. Ensure that an earlier TSM.PWD file that is not owned by the non-root user, does not exist in the passworddir directory. If such a file exists, change ownership of this file to the non-root user or remove the file.
  5. Ensure that TSM.KDB, TSM.IDX or TSM.sth files that are not owned by the non-root user, do not exist in the passworddir directory. If such files exist, remove them.
On completion of the steps by the system administrator, the non-root user must complete the following steps:
  1. Create a client system-options file, dsm.opt, and use the servername option to specify the stanza name.
  2. Ensure that the dsm.opt file can be read by default by the DSM_CONFIG environment variable. Issue the export DSM_CONFIG=<dsm.opt> command from a shell command window to check.
  3. Run the dsmc q f command to use password files that are pointed to by the passworddir option. If no password files exist, the user is prompted.