Access control

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To prevent unauthorized user from rollback your system or recover your hidden files, you can password protect access to RestoreX360 consoles by enabling Access control. The Access Control’s user accounts and password apply to both RestoreX360 Application Console and the Recovery Console.

Enable  Access Control during Setup

To enable RestoreX360 Access Control during setup, you need to use either the Custom Setup or the Unattended Setup options:

1. To enable the Access Control in the Custom Setup. Select the enable Access Control checkbox and provide a password for the administrator account. You must remember this password. You will need it to access the RestoreX360 program consoles. You also need this password to uninstall RestoreX360.
 

2. To enable the Access Control in the Advanced Setup, you need to use the Setup INI Wizard provided in the support folder on the program CD. For more information on Setup INI Wizard, refer to the RestoreX360 deployment whitepaper in the document folder on the program CD.
 

Enable Access Control After Setup
 

1. To enable RestoreX360 Access Control after setup, in the Application Console, click on “Tools–>Access Control”. Check “Enable access control” checkbox.

2. You will be prompted to set a password for the administrator account. You must remember this password. You will need it to access the RestoreX360 program consoles.  You also need this password to uninstall RestoreX360.

f you have installed RestoreX360 using the Default Setup, access control is disabled by default.

User Management

Enable RestoreX360 Access Control only actives the built-in administrator account. The administrator account has access rights to all the program features.  You can create new users and grant them rights to certain features of the program.

1. In the Application Console, click on “Tools–>Access Control”. Click on “Add” to create a new user account. You can grant access rights to the new user. Click on “OK” to create the new user.

2. The new user will be listed in the Access Control window. As the new user logs into the Application Console, he will only have access to the features he was granted rights to.

3. To delete a user, select the user in from the Access Control windows and click on Delete.

 Remove “Delete Snapshots” privilege from a user will also deny him/her from locking or unlocking snapshots.