User Accounts, Groups, and Permissions

About User Access and Licensing

In the Administration ManagerIn this page, you can manage the user accounts, user groups, permissions, and Global Settings for your TLC environmentConsists of all TLC software, Managers, Log Sources, Monitored Assets, Collectors, and data in your TLC installation.., you can manage the User Accounts, Groups, and Permissions in your TLC environment. A User PermissionA system authorization that enables a user to view, create, or otherwise modify data in TLC. is a system authorization that enables a user to view, create, or otherwise modify data in TLC. To provide someone with access to TLC, an Administrator (with the Add Users and Groups permission) must create a User Account. Each User AccountA TLC object that provides a user with a collection of User Permissions to work with TLC. is assigned a username, a password, and a collection of User Permissions.

To simplify the management of User Accounts, Administrators can create User Groups. A User GroupA collection of User Accounts. is a collection of User Accounts, and a single User Account may be assigned to multiple User Groups. Common criteria for User Groups include the geographic location or responsibilities of users. For example, User Groups may be based on office locations or job titles.

For more information about User Accounts, Groups, and Permissions, see:

Creating and Deleting User Accounts

Creating and Deleting User Groups

Working with User Permissions

Tripwire LogCenter licensing is controlled by the License Service on your Primary ManagerEach TLC environment has a single Primary Manager that controls: 1. The storing of log messages in the Audit LoggerThe TLC Console1. Tripwire LogCenter Console is the software for the TLC graphic user interface (GUI), or 2. The Tripwire LogCenter GUI. Through the TLC Console, you can configure TLC, oversee your TLC environment, and manage log and event data. component in which you can work with the log messages collected by TLC. File Store and Events in Event1. Either a log message that a Manager has standardized (i.e. normalized) for use by TLC (a.k.a. Normalized Messages), or an event or vulnerability imported from a scanner. 2. An 'event message' collected from a Log Source.-Management Databases, 2. The configuration settings for your TLC environment, and 3. User access and license management for TLC.. If the License Service is installed and enabled (see Working with Managers), the Primary Manager retrieves license information from Tripwire's license server, and forwards this information to any Secondary Managers in your TLC environment.

Tripwire LogCenter is licensed based upon the number of events (i.e. log messages) received per second (EPS). The EPS rate is determined by the maximum number of events received by all Managers in a one-minute period. If your TLC Managers exceed the EPS limit authorized by your TLC license, TLC will present a warning message when users log in to TLC Console. However, TLC will not drop any events.

Caution	If the License Service contains multiple licenses, the encryption and decryption of log messages may generate errors.