Share permissions for IFL backup/restore procedures

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userX
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Share permissions for IFL backup/restore procedures

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When I run the IFL in CD environment, its data files in the backup created do not appear accessible in TBI View from within Windows unless I start TBI View with elevated privileges as admin. This occurs even though I backed up the data to a regular folder without special permissions placed on it. I suppose this is expected behavior, and lit leads me to asking a question about the IFL backup process itself. When IFL runs in the CD environment and I access a network share in order to make a backup onto an attached USB device, what process or service does IFL become in order to access the share?

I am asking this question because I would prefer to create a share accessible to the IFL program but not accessible in general to the Everyone group? So, what group or service does IFL become during the process so that I can limit the share accessibility to it exclusively, if possible? Thanks.
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Re: Share permissions for IFL backup/restore procedures

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userX wrote:
> When I run the IFL in CD environment, its data files in the backup created
> do not appear accessible in TBI View from within Windows unless I start TBI
> View with elevated privileges as admin. This occurs even though I backed up
> the data to a regular folder without special permissions placed on it. I
> suppose this is expected behavior, and lit leads me to asking a question
> about the IFL backup process itself. When IFL runs in the CD environment
> and I access a network share in order to make a backup onto an attached USB
> device, what process or service does IFL become in order to access the
> share?
>
> I am asking this question because I would prefer to create a share
> accessible to the IFL program but not accessible in general to the Everyone
> group? So, what group or service does IFL become during the process so that
> I can limit the share accessibility to it exclusively, if possible?
> Thanks.

This KB article should help:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=581

IFL itself doesn't control that. Basically, the file ends up being owned by the user that you log in as when you mount the share from IFL.
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