Computer Associates BABWBN2900E20 Clients Agents Guide - Page 42

UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Client Agent Configuration [36] #[ABcmagt] NAME ABcmagt HOME /opt/CA/ABcmagt ENV NO_HOSTS_EQUIV=1 You can place the Common Agent in No Password mode or Single User mode with a set of access control lists if necessary. For more information about ACLs, see UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X Access Control Lists (see page 50). How Common Agent Connection Requests Work To initiate a client agent session, the CA ARCserve Backup server requests a connection for a UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X client agent to use a specific backup component (such as BROWSER, BACKUP, or RESTORE). When it receives the request, the Common Agent accepts the connection and verifies the user's credentials for the system. Upon user validation, the Common Agent checks the agent.cfg file for an entry corresponding to that particular client agent and the specified component. Only after it has validated both the client agent and the requested component does the Common Agent activate the client agent and the component. The Common Agent then returns to a state of waiting for additional requests. Configurable Options Options are used to optimize and customize the operation of the client agent. However, none of these options are required for the client agent to run. A complete list of options are available for use when starting the UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X client agents as shown in the following table. Note: These options should be carefully set by administrators having UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X knowledge. If you do not understand what an option or parameter means, do not set the feature unless instructed to do so by a CA Technical Support representative. Option Description -ALLOW Use this option with Single User mode, with the -S or -NOPASSWORD option, to define the IP addresses of computers that are authorized to access the client agents without requiring validation. 42 Client Agents Guide