Required Server Authorizations

On a Windows machine (Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server), the Optim™ Server can be run as a process or a service.

When it is run as a process, the Server uses the credentials of the current user ID. When it is run as a service and an explicit user ID is used, the Server requires the user ID to have the following privileges:

Local Security Policy

You must access the Local Security Policy to grant these privileges to the user. You can access the Local Security Policy as follows.

Note: You must be logged on to the Windows machine with a user ID that has administrator rights.
  1. From the Control Panel, access the Local Security Policy applet:

    Administrator Tools > Local Security Policy

  2. From the Local Security Policy window, select the menu entry:

    Policies > User Rights

  3. On the User Rights Policy window, select the following entry in the left pane:

    Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignments

  4. Repeat the following steps for each of the five privileges listed above.
    • Select a privilege from the right pane of the Local Security Settings window.
    • If the user (or group) is not already listed in the Assign To list box, select Add to add the user (or group) to the list.
    • Ensure that the Local Policy Setting check box is checked for the user (or group).
  5. Select OK to apply the changes and close the Local Security Policy Setting window.

UNIX Server

For UNIX, Super-User Server credentials are required to change the effective user ID and group ID. During startup, if the filelogon parameter is set to client or server, the effective user ID that started the daemon must be a Super-User (zero).



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