22.1 Configuring Emergency Access Settings

To configure emergency access settings, perform the following:

  1. On the home page of the console click Access Dashboard.

  2. Click the Configuration tab.

  3. Configure the following settings:

    Delete Request After: Select the number of days after which the request gets deleted. The requests that are in the expired, revoked or denied state are deleted. All the approved but not expired, and the pending requests are not deleted.

    Allow Grace Period of: Select the extra time period that a user is allowed, after the approved time period expires. User is notified about the expiry time so, grace period gives some time to the user to check in the password or end the session. For example, if an administrator has approved a request for an hour and configures this setting for 15 minutes, then the user can access the session or application for 1 hour 15 minutes.

    Disconnect after grace period: Select this check box if you want to disconnect the connection after the grace period expires.

    Server Email Id: Enter the email address that is defined for the Privileged Account Manager server. This is the email id from which emails are sent to the users with the status of the request.

    Admin Email Id: Enter the email address of the administrator. This is the email address to which an email is sent when a user requests for emergency access.