You can store the password in an encrypted file (similar to the password file used for encrypted Rconsole). The procedure is documented in the client manual. I just set up my first Novell client (actually my first TSM client) and it worked great. I believe that the Opt option is PWDFILE = yes.
Douglas C. Nelson Distributed Computing Consultant Alltel Information Services Chittenden Data Center 2 Burlington Square Burlington, Vt. 05401 802-660-2336 -----Original Message----- From: Tim Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: user rights to back up nbs for the tsm client for novell i have 2 novell servers which back up the nds information as part of their incremental backups the entry in dsm.opt for this is NWUSER tree\.CN=admin.O=org:password DOMAIN NDS i have always been using the admin id and thus the password is coded in plain text in the dsm.opt file does anybody utilize a better way so that the password does not have to be hard coded in dsm.opt Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas & Electric 284 South Avenue Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921 Pager: 845-455-6985 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
