ca_auth - Examples

The following are examples of syntax for the ca_auth command:

• Use the following command to change the password for the caroot user:

ca_auth -user chgpasswd caroot [passwd]

• Use the following command to add a user:

ca_auth -user add username [passwd]

• Use the following command to delete a user:

ca_auth -user delete username

• Use the following command to validate a user and the associated password:

ca_auth -user validate username [password]

• Use the following command to add a user (administrator) and a password (caroot):

ca_auth -user add administrator caroot

• Note:You are prompted to enter the password for administrator in non-echo mode.
• Use the following command to list all Arcserve Backup users:

ca_auth -user getall

• Use the following command to add a Windows user (administrator) that has a caroot equivalency to Arcserve Backup Domain Server DOMAIN. The user name is caroot and the password is ccb:

ca_auth -equiv add administrator DOMAIN caroot ccb

• Use the following command to show the current Arcserve Backup user:

ca_auth -equiv whoami

ca_auth Equivalence Examples

• Use the following command to set up equivalency:

ca_auth -equiv add ntuser hostName ARCserveUser [caroot username] [caroot password]

• For example, to add an equivalency for the Administrator on machine dev02-vir2:

ca_auth -equiv add Administrator dev02-vir2 'caroot' 'caroot password'

• Use the following command to display the equivalence for the user you are logged in as:

ca_auth -equiv getequiv

• Use the following command to display the equivalence for a user on a particular host machine:

ca_auth -equiv getequiv [ntuser hostName]

• Use the following command to delete the equivalency for a user:

ca_auth -equiv delete ntuser hostName [caroot username] [caroot password]

• Use the following command to see the user name you are logged in as on the local machine:

ca_auth -equiv whoami

• To use command line interface on one machine to manage another, you must add equivalency.
• To add equivalency, perform the following steps:
  1. Open the command line interface from <Machine A>
  2. Enter the following command:

     ca_auth -cahost <hostnameB> -equiv add <domainnameA\NT user(administrator)> <hostnameA> caroot caroot <passwordofcaroot>

More information:

ca_auth - Authentication Command