Running Networker Client as non-root under Linux RedHat

Bartosz,

NetWorker client has to run as root. Think about it, how do you expect any backup software to back up a Linux/UNIX server as non-root.

Tell your client that NetWorker is a popular backup package that runs on many many Red Hat servers (and I'm one of them).

Vic

Well. I'm fully aware of the technical side and issues of permissions for example. I know it's strange when one doesn't want to run a common SW as root but you know the clients... "This are our conditions. Period." And then go and explain it...

My question is pure technological: is Networked able to run as non-root user and function correctly except for files it cannot access? Looking at the message I got it seems there is a hardcoded test if running as root. But it might be a permission issue in the configuration of the Networked Server software...

Bartosz Maruszewski

The networker client daemons will run only as the root user. This is a check that is coded into the binary. As far as I know, there is no work around for this.

NetWorker requires to run as root. As far as I know, it cannot run as a non root id. As you put it, it's hard coded in the binaries.