Accounts

An account allows a replication source machine to authenticate to a destination machine. As soon as a source machine is connected to an account, it can replicate data to the destination machine through this account.

Accounts main properties

When creating a new account on a replication destination machine, the Administrator must provide following information:

Accounts states

Just after a new account has been created, it is visible in the list of accounts in the main Accounts screen and is in the enabled and inactive state.

Enabled/disabled

An enabled account is ready to accept connections from a replication source machine. A disabled one will refuse any connection.

It is possible to enable or disable an account at any time through the Modify... menu.

Active/inactive

An account is dedicated to one sole replication source machine. As a consequence, one source machine only can connect to a given account. As soon as a source machine has successfully established a connection to an account, this account becomes active and no other source machine will ever be allowed to connect to this account, even if the correct account password is provided.

Furthermore, an active account cannot be returned to the inactive state. An active account remains active forever, so that it is indefinitively reserved for the first replication source machine that has successfully managed to establish a connection with it.

States table

In the list of accounts of the main Accounts screen, a state flag is displayed next to each listed account. The flag represents the current state of each account.

Enabled Active Flag
No No
No Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No

Shared accounts

By default, active accounts are accessible only by their associated replication source machine. Only this machine is allowed to replicate data and/or recover data to/from the account.

However, it is possible to grant other replication source machines read-only access to data available in an account by sharing this account. Any source machine can connect as guest to any shared account as soon as it provides the password associated to the shared account.

A replication source machine connected as guest to a shared account can view data stored in this account. Furthermore, it can restore data from this account to its own storage. However, it is not allowed to replicate its own data to the account.

It is possible to share or unshare an account at any time through the Modify... menu.

Please note that inactive accounts cannot be shared.

Information about the source

This action menu is available for active accounts only. Clicking this menu opens a new screen where general host related information about the replication source machine connected to the selected account is displayed. This menu actually provides a way to view which replication source machine is associated to a given active account.