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Connection and Privileges Needed
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|XtraBackup| needs to be able to connect to the database server and perform operations on the server and the :term:`datadir` when creating a backup, when preparing in some scenarios and when restoring it. In order to do so, there are privileges and permission requirements on its execution that must be fulfilled.
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|Percona XtraBackup| needs to be able to connect to the database server and perform operations on the server and the :term:`datadir` when creating a backup, when preparing in some scenarios and when restoring it. In order to do so, there are privileges and permission requirements on its execution that must be fulfilled.
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Privileges refers to the operations that a system user is permitted to do in the database server. **They are set at the database server and only apply to users in the database server**.