AuditMaster under Microsoft Windows installs a hidden network share to enable remote client access for AuditMaster Viewer from other machines. If you would like to disable the network share for security reasons, you can replace it with an explicit local path name after AuditMaster installation. This replacement can be done only on the server where AuditMaster is installed, not from a remote client. No existing audit records are affected, but auditing must stop momentarily when you restart the event handler to complete the share removal process.
Note Removing the network share will prevent remote access by all AuditMaster Viewer clients to the AuditMaster system. Be sure that you want to remove it.
³ To replace the default network share with a local path name
1 On the machine where AuditMaster server is installed, open AuditMaster Viewer by selecting Start Programs Pervasive
AuditMaster Viewer.
The Pervasive AuditMaster window appears, listing servers available for monitoring.
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The AuditMaster Login dialog box appears.
3 Enter an AuditMaster administrative login name and password, and click OK.
Note The built-in user ID admin has the default password MASTER. Passwords are case-sensitive; user names are not. To change this password, see Changing Your User Password. For information on the relation of AuditMaster logins to database and OS logins, read under Displaying Audit Records under Pervasive PSQL Security.
4 Select Admin Server Settings.
The Server Settings dialog box appears. On the left, the
AMMON path settings are at the top of the list and are already highlighted.
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5 For each of the settings in the Value column on the right, double-click the path name and change
\\server\PVSWAUDIT$
to
drive:\Pervasive PSQL root directory\Audit
where server is the name of the machine on which Pervasive PSQL server and the AuditMaster event handler are installed and drive and Pervasive PSQL root directory are, respectively, the local drive letter and path name to the AuditMaster directory selected at installation time.
In this example, the result would resemble the following:
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6 In the list of sections on the left, select Common Settings.
The dialog box displays the values on the right.
7 Double-click the value for the AuditMaster status log file and change it to
drive:\Pervasive PSQL root directory\Audit\amstatus.log The result might resemble the following:
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8 In the list of sections on the left, select TNBTMON Paths. The dialog box displays the values on the right.
9 Double-click the value for each path name and change
\\server\PVSWAudit$
to
drive:\Pervasive PSQL root directory\Audit The result might resemble the following:
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10 After you have finished changing the values, click OK. The system displays a prompt to restart the event handler.
11 Click OK.
Do not restart the event handler yet. You will do that later in this task. If needed, see Restarting the AuditMaster Event Handler.
12 Select Server Add.
The Locate 'amserver' on Your AuditMaster Server dialog box appears.
13 Using the new path value that you have been implementing, enter drive:\Pervasive PSQL root directory\Audit\DATA to navigate to the location of the file amserver, which contains all of the settings you have just changed.
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The path name you enter might resemble the following:
14 Select the file amserver, and click Open.
Based on the new server settings you have entered, the new server appears.
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The system prompts you to confirm removal of the old server configuration.
16 Click Yes.
The server is removed from the list and the status field at the bottom of the main window indicates no server is active.
17 Exit from AuditMaster Viewer.
In order to remove the network share, AuditMaster and Pervasive PSQL services must not be running.
18 If Pervasive PSQL Control Center (PCC) is not open, start it from the Pervasive group on the Start menu.
19 In Pervasive PSQL Explorer, right-click the Services node and select Stop All Services.
20 In Windows Explorer, open the folder drive:\Pervasive PSQL root directory.
The shared folder Audit appears in the list of files.
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21 Right-click the shared folder icon and select Properties.
The Properties window appears.
22 Select the Sharing tab.
The Sharing pane comes to the front.
23 Select Do not share this folder, and click OK.
The share is deleted and the Properties window closes.
24 In Pervasive PSQL Explorer, right-click the Services node and select Start All Services.
25 After the services have restarted, verify that AuditMaster is working properly without a network share by opening the viewer to log in. Select Start Programs Pervasive AuditMaster Viewer.
The Pervasive AuditMaster window appears, showing the available server.
26 Right-click the configuration to select Login. You may also double-click.
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The AuditMaster Login dialog box appears.
27 Enter an AuditMaster administrative user name and password, and click OK.
Note The built-in user ID admin has the default password MASTER. Passwords are case-sensitive; user names are not. To change this password, see Changing Your User Password. For information on the relation of AuditMaster logins to database and OS logins, read under Displaying Audit Records under Pervasive PSQL Security.
The new AuditMaster server is now ready to operate without a network share. Other server settings are unchanged and previously captured audit records captured remain in the system. Only the means of the viewer client connection has changed.
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