Scheduling NTBackup to Run Unattended

[Guest]

I've run into a problem scheduling NTBackup to run unattended.

NTBackup will only allow password-protected user accounts to run it unattended.

To access all users' files on the local hard drive, the user account must have full admin privileges.

The user account running NTBackup must be logged on, else the backup fails and a "The operation was not performed because the specified media cannot be found" error message is recorded to the backup report log.

Is there any way to schedule NTBackup to run unattended without having a user account with full admin privileges logged on? From what I understand, leaving a machine connected to the internet (I'm using a cable modem so I’m connected 24/7) with an admin account logged in is not a good security practice.

Anybody know a way around this?

TIA,

Jim

 

[Philip Herlihy]

There is a specific "backup operator" group. Either add your own account to
that, or create a designated backup account.

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I've run into a problem scheduling NTBackup to run unattended.

NTBackup will only allow password-protected user accounts to run it unattended.

To access all users' files on the local hard drive, the user account must have full admin privileges.

The user account running NTBackup must be logged on, else the backup fails

and a "The operation was not performed because the specified media cannot be
found" error message is recorded to the backup report log.

Is there any way to schedule NTBackup to run unattended without having a

user account with full admin privileges logged on? From what I understand,
leaving a machine connected to the internet (I'm using a cable modem so I'm
connected 24/7) with an admin account logged in is not a good security
practice.

 

[Guest]

After posting I found Doug Knox's excellent XP Tips and Tweaks site ( http://www.dougknox.com/ ) and am working on adding a maintenance user account to the backup operator group

Thanks for the quick reply

Ji


----- Philip Herlihy wrote: ----

There is a specific "backup operator" group. Either add your own account t
that, or create a designated backup account

--
###################
## PH, Londo
###################

I've run into a problem scheduling NTBackup to run unattended

and a "The operation was not performed because the specified media cannot b
found" error message is recorded to the backup report loguser account with full admin privileges logged on? From what I understand
leaving a machine connected to the internet (I'm using a cable modem so I'
connected 24/7) with an admin account logged in is not a good securit
practice