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Chapter 4: Permissions
Security is an important issue when managing a network. One of the most important functions of the Data
Protector Express catalog is to handle security. The catalog prevents unauthorized users from working
with objects to which they have not been granted sufficient security permissions. To ensure only
authorized users can access sensitive data, Data Protector Express tracks the
permissions of each user.
The Data Protector Express administrator can grant different types of permissions to various users to
ensure the security and integrity of the network data while efficiently implementing a productive backup
program.
In this section
•
Users and Groups
•
Effective Permissions
•
Types of Permission
•
Examples of Permissions
•
Granting Permissions to Other Data Protector Express Users
Overview
Before you can work with any object (directory, file, user, etc.) in the Data Protector Express catalog, you
must have
effective permissions
to that object.
Different types of permissions restrict what type of operations can be performed on an object. For
example, some permissions allow users to
write
to an object (such as a file, a storage media or a PC
desktop) or
create
new objects (such as folders or jobs). Sometimes a user is granted unlimited
permissions to an object or all objects. Usually, however, to protect the integrity of the data and for
security reasons, most users have only limited effective permissions to some (not all) of the objects in the
Data Protector Express catalog.
Maintaining the security of data on a network is the primary responsibility of the Data Protector Express
administrator. Because of this, the following section is only an overview of security and permissions. This
section will help the typical user understand how Data Protector Express handles security and permissions
so that you can work efficiently with your Data Protector Express administrator.
Users and Groups
The Data Protector Express administrator grants permissions to objects in the Data Protector Express
catalog to either a
user
or to a
group
. Individual Data Protector Express users have effective permission