Adding a user in the Sentinel Log Manager system creates an application user who can then log in to the Sentinel Log Manager application.
Log in to the Sentinel Log Manager as an administrator.
Click the link in the upper left corner of the page.
The tab is displayed in the right pane of the page.
Click .
Specify the name and e-mail address of the user. The e-mail address format is validated.
The fields with an asterisk (*) are mandatory, and the username must be unique. If the username already exists with the specified name, a Username taken message is displayed.
Specify one of the following options to give more granular permissions for the user to control the Sentinel Log Manager system.
Only an administrator can provide these permissions to a user.
Administrator: Selecting this option gives administrative rights to the user in the Sentinel Log Manager system. Administrator rights include the ability to perform the following functions:
User administration
Data collection
Data storage
Rules management
Report management
Search operations
License management
Report Administrator: Selecting this option allows the user to have administrative rights for reports, which also includes the Auditor rights. Report administrator rights include the ability to perform the following functions:
Search reports
Run reports
View reports
Add and delete Report Templates and Report results
Export all reports
Export results
Save as report
NOTE: A user who has Report Administrator rights cannot access the , , , and configuration links.
Auditor: Selecting this option gives the auditor rights to the users in Sentinel Log Manager system. Auditor rights include the ability to perform the following functions:
Search reports
Run reports
View reports
Delete report results
Rename report results
Select multiple reports
NOTE: A user who has Auditor rights cannot delete report templates, cannot access the , , and links, and cannot access the , , , and configuration links.
The following options appear only when the Auditor option is selected:
View reports created by all users: Select this option to allow access to all the reports available on the Sentinel Log Manager server.
Enable Sentinel Log Manager configuration reporting: Select this option to run the reports if you are using SQL queries in the report definition.
Select the authentication type.
Local: By default, the option is selected.
Directory: The option is enabled only if the user has configured LDAP authentication. For more information about configuring LDAP authentication, see Configuring Sentinel Log Manager Server for LDAP Authentication.
If you select option, specify the same username as the eDirectory username or Active Directory sAMAccountName in the field. The user’s password is authenticated with the LDAP credentials.
Specify a filter value in the field to filter the events that a user can view.
To allow a user to view all the events select the radio button.
To set a filter, click the link to use the tag names defined in the table.
For example, if you set the filter value to sev:5, the user can view only events of severity five for a search.
For more information on each of these event fields, see Section C.0, Event Fields.
Specify a user name in the field.
If this is a directory user, the name must match the eDirectory user name (if the directory is eDir) or the sAMAccountName (if the directory is Active Directory).
Specify a password in the field.
Re-enter the password in the field.
The , , , , and fields are optional. The phone number fields allow any format. Make sure you have entered a valid phone number so that the user can be contacted directly.
Click .
The created user appears under the tab.