Security: Backing Up a Volume Protected with NMAS
Articles and Tips: qna
13 Jul 2000
Q.
Dear Ab-end: I have a volume named X-FILES that I have secured through a Novell Modular Authentication Services (NMAS) label. Users are required to have X-FILES clearance (or above) in order to read this volume. Will my automated backup software be able to authenticate to this volume in order to get the read access it needs to back it up?
-- Curious in Calcutta
A.
Dear Curious: A program can access restricted volumes only if it runs in Ring 0 (like NetBasic or Toolbox). Regular backup programs (including the SBACKUP utility) use Novell's APIs and therefore can't access these volumes. Novell's NMAS and Backup engineering teams are looking into this matter. (Answer provided by Alan Mark, Novell Corporate Business Strategist)
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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