AutoSYNC Software User's Guide (Update 14)

HP AutoSYNC User’s Guide—522580-015
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4 Scheduled Synchronization
AutoSYNC Roles
For most customers, the power of AutoSYNC lies in its ability to keep source and
destination file sets synchronized on a continuous basis, which requires
synchronization operations to be performed at regular intervals.
To provide the desired level of security, reliability, and configurability, the AutoSYNC
system uses a three-level hierarchy of responsibility:
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The AutoSYNC authorizer is the master user ID that enables AutoSYNC to perform
scheduled synchronizations for multiple users. The authorizer can designate
another user as the AutoSYNC administrator.
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The AutoSYNC administrator is empowered by the authorizer to add, delete,
suspend, and activate users.
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AutoSYNC users configure the source and destination file sets that are to be
synchronized; each user must have appropriate local and remote access rights to
all files to be synchronized.
AutoSYNC Authorization and Administration
AutoSYNC is a multi-user system allowing users to manage their own synchronizations
independently.
No special user management is required to perform one-time synchronizations. Any
user that issues a SYNCHRONIZE command will have the file access operations
performed under that user’s ID and local and remote access rights.
Scheduled synchronizations, however, are managed by the AutoSYNC monitor
process. The AutoSYNC monitor acts as an agent for the AutoSYNC users, but also
must ensure that each user has access rights to the files that are to be synchronized.
The following pages describe how AutoSYNC is granted sufficient authority to act as
an agent for multiple users, but in a way that prevents granting enhanced access rights
to those users.
The AutoSYNC Authorizer
To synchronize for multiple users, AutoSYNC must be authorized by a user who has
sufficient access rights, as follows:
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If there is only one AutoSYNC user, the authorizer can be that user.
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If all AutoSYNC users are in one group, the group manager may be the authorizer.
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If there are AutoSYNC users in diverse groups, the authorizer must be
SUPER.SUPER.