Working with User Permissions

For an introduction to user permissions, see About User Access and Licensing. In this topic, you will learn how to configure most user permissions in TLC. To configure Manager, Database, and 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. permissions, see the following topics:

Working with Manager Permissions

Working with Database Permissions

Working with Audit Logger Permissions

For all User Accounts and Groups, you can configure most user permissions in the Edit Permission dialog 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.. (see Figure 52).

To configure user permissions in the Administration Manager:

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In the side bar, select Resources >Administration Manager.

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In the side bar of the Administration Manager, expand the Permissions.

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Select a group (or sub-group) of permissions. TLC presents the group's permissions in the workspace table. For each permission:

The Users column identifies the individual User Accounts that have the permission.

The Groups column identifies the User Groups that have the permission.

To add or remove the permission to/from users and groups, double-click the permission. The Edit Permission dialog opens (see Figure 52).

Tip	To determine what a User PermissionA system authorization that enables a user to view, create, or otherwise modify data in TLC. does, open the Edit Permission dialog and refer to the Description field.

Figure 52.  Example of an Edit Permission dialog

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To add a User AccountA TLC object that provides a user with a collection of User Permissions to work with TLC., clickAdd User.

To add a User GroupA collection of User Accounts., clickAdd Group.

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Once all desired accounts and groups have been added to the permission, click OK.

The Permissions tab

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

To open the properties of a User Account:

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In the side bar, select Resources >Administration Manager.

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In the side bar of the Administration Manager, select Users.

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In the workspace, double-click the User Account.

To open the properties of a User Group:

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In the side bar, select Resources >Administration Manager.

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In the side bar of the Administration Manager, select User Groups.

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In the workspace, double-click the User Group.

To add a permission to the User Account or Group:

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In the Permissions tab, clickChange User Permissions.

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In the side bar of the Permissions for User dialog (see Figure 53), expand the group containing the permission.

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In the workspace, select the check box for the permission and click OK.

Figure 53.  Permissions for User dialog