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  2. NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide
  3. Section I. Identity and access management
  4. NetBackup Access Control Security (NBAC)
  5. About determining who can access NetBackup
  6. About defining a user group and users
NetBackup™ Security and Encryption Guide

About defining a user group and users

NetBackup authenticates existing users of the operating system instead of requiring that NetBackup users be created with a NetBackup password and profile.

Users can belong to more than one user group and have the combined access of both groups.

Figure: Defining a user group shows defining a user group.

Figure: Defining a user group

Defining a user group

Users can be members of multiple user groups simultaneously, but NetBackup does not allow user groups to be nested. For example, members of a user group can belong to more than one user group, but a user group cannot belong to another user group.

The following figure shows that nested user groups are not allowed.

Figure: Nested user groups are not allowed

Nested user groups are not allowed

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