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:
- Add a stanza in the client system-options file, dsm.sys, for the non-root user.
- 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.
- Assign the non-root user with a unique TSM node name.
- 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.
- 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:
- Create a client system-options file, dsm.opt, and use the servername option to specify the stanza name.
- 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.
- 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.