The authentication command (ca_auth) is used when you are logged in as equivalent to caroot to create new users, delete existing users, change any user's password, and establish and delete equivalencies for other users. When you are logged in as equivalent to a user other than caroot, you can use ca_auth to change and validate your password.
Note: If you are logged in as a user who has no equivalence to any CA ARCserve Backup user, then you must be granted an equivalence before you can use ca_auth.
CA ARCserve Backup is designed with a root-level, super user profile, to which complete control of CA ARCserve Backup is granted. This profile, referred to as the "caroot" user profile, is set up during the first-time installation of CA ARCserve Backup.
The password for the caroot profile can be set during installation, or it can be set or changed later using ca_auth or AuthSetup.exe, located in the CA ARCserve Backup home directory. For security reasons, we recommend that you set a password on this account.
Note: The caroot user profile controls access to the CA ARCserve Backup Manager GUI and backup-related functions, and should not be confused with the security required to log in to your operating system.
CA ARCserve Backup allows you to create users that are equivalent to caroot. A user that is equivalent to caroot has full access to all CA ARCserve Backup features, and can work with the command line utilities, such as ca_backup and ca_restore. Any Windows user on any host can be granted equivalence to caroot. To grant a user equivalence to caroot, you must either be logged in as equivalent to caroot or know the caroot password.
Console utilities such as ca_backup, ca_restore, and ca_qmgr work with remote CA ARCserve Backup servers for submitting and monitoring backup and restore jobs without requiring users to log in to CA ARCserve Backup every time for each command.
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