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ca_auth - Authentication Command

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 Arcserve Backup user, then you must be granted an equivalence before you can use ca_auth.

caroot

Arcserve Backup is designed with a root-level, super user profile, to which complete control of Arcserve Backup is granted. This profile, referred to as the “caroot” user profile, is set up during the first-time installation of 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 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 Arcserve Backup Manager GUI and backup-related functions, and should not be confused with the security required to log in to your operating system.

caroot Equivalence

Arcserve Backup allows you to create users that are equivalent to caroot. A user that is equivalent to caroot has full access to all 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 Arcserve Backup servers for submitting and monitoring backup and restore jobs without requiring users to log in to Arcserve Backup every time for each command.

More information:

ca_auth - Syntax

ca_auth - Usage

ca_auth - Miscellaneous Options

ca_auth - User Arguments

ca_auth - Role Arguments

ca_auth - Examples