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
.
When creating a new account on a replication destination machine
, the Administrator must
provide following information:
a name: this is the name identifying the account
a password: this is the password to be given by a replication soruce machine to connect to the account
a path: this is the location on the replication destination's filesystem where data replicated from the peer source machine will be stored. By default, it is a sub-directory of the main replication destination machine's path specified when the destination machine was enabled. It is possible to provide any filesystem path with the following limitations:
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.
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.
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.
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 | ![]() |
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.
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.