Agents Administration - Tests
 

Default Parameters for TotalUserCountTest

Use this test to track user logins to the target Unix server and rapidly capture unauthorized users who have logged into the server.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the TotalUserCountTest .

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

  • By default, REPORT DD TOTAL USERS flag is set to No, indicating that this test will not report detailed diagnostics for the Total Users measure. This means that the test, by default, will not capture and store the details of every user logging into the target server, in the eG database. However, if you want to view the complete list of users logging into the target server, enable the detailed diagnosis capability of the Total Users measure by setting this flag to Yes.

  • By default, AUTHORIZED USERS parameter is set to none indicating that this test will consider all users as authorized users to login into the target server. However, in some environments, administrators may want only a few users to login into the target server and restrict access for the rest of the users. In such case, administrators can specify a comma-separated list of users who are authorized to login into the target server against this parameter.

  • The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.