Application objects store the information required by the logging server to authenticate logging applications. They also identify which users have rights to monitor the application's events and they store the application's log schema.
The following table provides a description of each Application object attribute.
IMPORTANT:You must restart the logging server to effect any changes in Application object configuration. For more information, see Section G.3, Secure Logging Server Startup Commands.
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Attribute |
Description |
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Application Identifier |
The name the logging application uses to identify itself to the logging server. The Application Identifier is also stored in the application's certificate. For information on how the Application Identifier is used in the authentication process, see Section 10.1, Authenticating Logging Applications. The Application Identifier is part of the Component string for every event logged from the current application. For more information, see Section A.1, Event Structure. This field is automatically populated when the Application object is created during install. If you manually create the Application object, you can find the Application Identifier in the application's Log Schema file. For more information, see Section A.4, Log Schema Files. |
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Application ID |
The four-digit hex value assigned to the current application. All Application IDs are assigned through Novell Developer Support and are maintained in the Novell Nsure Audit central registry. The Application ID is also part of the Event ID for every event logged from the current application. For more information, see Section A.1, Event Structure. This field is automatically populated when the Application object is created during install. If you manually create the Application object, you can find the Application ID in the application's Log Schema file. For more information, see Section A.4, Log Schema Files NOTE:The logging server uses the Application ID to manage Access Control. The users designated in the Access Control field can monitor all events containing this Application ID. |
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Access Control |
The users who have rights to monitor the current application's events. This is for future iterations of the product. |
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Status |
This option allows you to enable or disable the Application object. By default, all Application objects are enabled. This means that the logging server loads the Application object's configuration in memory at startup. IMPORTANT:The Application object must be located in a supported Application container for the logging server to use it. For more information on the logging server's Application Container property, see Logging Server Objects . If you mark the Disabled option, you must restart the Secure Logging Server for the setting to become effective. Thereafter, the logging server cannot load the object's configuration until you mark Enabled. For information on unloading the logging server, see Section G.3, Secure Logging Server Startup Commands. |