User Guide

3.3 User privileges on a managed machine

When managing a machine running Windows, the scope of a user's management rights depends on

the user's privileges on the machine.

Regular users

A regular user, such as a member of the Users group, has the following management rights:

 Perform file-level backup and recovery of the files that the user has permissions to access—but

without using a file-level backup snapshot (p. 88).

 Create backup plans and tasks and manage them.

 View—but not manage—backup plans and tasks created by other users.

 View the local event log.

Backup operators

A user who is a member of the Backup Operators group, also has the following management right:

 Back up and recover the entire machine or any data on the machine, with or without using a disk

snapshot. Using a hardware snapshot provider may still require administrative privileges.

Administrators

A user who is a member of the Administrators group, also has the following management right:

 View and manage backup plans and tasks owned by any user on the machine.

3.4 List of Acronis services

During installation, Acronis Backup creates several services. Some of these services can be used by

other Acronis products installed on the machine.

Services of Acronis Backup

The services include the main service and a number of auxiliary services.

The main service can run under a dedicated account or under an account you specify during

installation. Either of the accounts is given privileges that are needed for the service to work. The

privileges include a set of user rights, membership in security groups, and the Full Control

permissions on registry keys in the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis. There

are no permissions granted on other registry keys.

The following table lists the services of Acronis Backup and the privileges for their accounts.

Service name

Purpose

Account used

by the service

Privileges added to the account

User rights

Group

membership

Permissions on registry

keys