A restricted account can be used only by the owner of the logon account and those who know the password. A common account is a shared account that can be accessed by all users.
To use a restricted logon account, you must be the owner of the logon account or you must know the logon account's password. The person who created the logon account is the owner. If you authorize only a few people to back up or restore data, you can make the logon account a restricted logon account.
The main reasons to restrict a logon account are as follows:
To limit access to the resources available for backup.
To limit the ability to restore data.
When you use a restricted logon account to select the resources for a job, the logon account information is saved with the selection list. Anyone who tries to edit the job must provide the password to the restricted logon account. Backup Exec only loads the selections for that job when the password for the restricted logon account is provided.
