Permissions Required for Backing Up and Restoring

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Because it's designed to be a secure operating system, Windows 2000 won't let just anybody log on to a computer, back up files, and subsequently restore them somewhere else. You must have certain permissions or user rights to back up files.

• If you're a member of the local Administrators group or the local Backup Operators group, you can back up all files on the local computer—even files to which NTFS security ordinarily denies you access.
• If you're a member of the domain Administrators group or the domain Backup Operators group, you can back up all files on any computer in the domain.
• If you're not a member of those groups (and your account hasn't been granted the Back Up Files And Directories user right), you can back up any files and folders that you own. In addition, you can back up any files for which you have one or more of the following permissions: Read, Read & Execute, Modify, or Full Control.

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For more information about groups and user rights, see Chapter 27, "Implementing Windows 2000 Security." For information about permissions and ownership, see Chapter 28, "Using NTFS Security."