Working with Audit Logger Permissions

Audit Logger Permissions control user access to the Audit Loggers in your TLC environment. You can configure the Audit Logger Permissions for all User Accounts and Groups in the Audit Logger Permissions dialog in the Administration Manager (see Figure 49).

To configure the user permissions for an Audit Logger:

1. In the side bar, select Resources >Administration ManagerAdministration Manager.
2. In the side bar of the Administration Manager, expand the PermissionsPermissions.
3. Under Permissions, expand the Audit Loggers group. This group contains the Audit Loggers in your TLC environment.
4. Select an Audit Logger.
5. In the workspace, TLC presents a list of the User Accounts and Groups with permissions for the Audit Logger. Table 63 defines each Audit Logger Permission.

Table 63. Audit Logger Permissions

Permission

Grants users the ability to ...

View

... view log messages in the Audit Logger (see Viewing Audit Logger Vital Statistics).

Export

... forward log messages from the Audit Logger to an Event-Management Database (see Sending Log Messages to an Event-Management Database).

To change the current permission settings, or to change the list of accounts and groups, double-click an account or group in the workspace. The Audit Logger Permissions dialog opens (see Figure 49).

Figure 49.  Audit Logger Permissions dialog

Audit Logger Permissions dialog

6. As needed, modify the list of user accounts and groups with Audit Logger permissions.

To add a User Account, clickAddAdd User.

To add a User Group, clickAddAdd Group.

To remove an account or group, select the item and clickDelete/RemoveRemove.

7. Configure the permissions for each User Account and Group.

To enable a permission, select the applicable check box.

To disable a permission, clear the applicable check box.

8. Once all User Accounts and Groups have been configured, click OK.

The Audit Logger Permissions tab

You can also assign Audit Logger Permissions in the properties dialog of a User Account or Group. In the Audit Logger Permissions tab, you can specify the permissions that apply to the account or group.

To open the properties of a User Account:

1. In the side bar, select Resources >Administration ManagerAdministration Manager.
2. In the side bar of the Administration Manager, select UsersUsers.
3. In the workspace, double-click the User Account.

To open the properties of a User Group:

1. In the side bar, select Resources >Administration ManagerAdministration Manager.
2. In the side bar of the Administration Manager, select User GroupsUser Groups.
3. In the workspace, double-click the User Group.

To configure the Audit Logger Permissions tab:

1. Add any Audit Loggers to which you want to grant the User Account or Group access.
a. ClickAddAdd.
b. Select an Audit Logger from the drop-down list and click Add.
2. To enable an Audit Logger Permission (see Figure 49), select the applicable check box.

To disable a permission, clear the applicable check box.

3. Once all permissions have been configured, click OK.