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// Pandora - The Free Monitoring System
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// Sancho Lerena <slerena@gmail.com>, 2003-2006
// Raul Mateos <raulofpandora@gmail.com>, 2004-2006
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< title > Pandora - The Free Monitoring System Help - II . Users </ title >
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< img src = " ../../images/logo_menu.gif " alt = 'logo' >< h1 > Pandora Help v1 . 2 </ h1 >
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< h1 >< a href = " chap1.php " > 1. Introduction </ a > <EFBFBD> < a href = " toc.php " > Table of Contents </ a > <EFBFBD> < a href = " chap3.php " > 3. Agents </ a ></ h1 >
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< p align = 'right' > Pandora is a GPL Software Project . & copy ; Sancho Lerena 2003 - 2005 , David villanueva 2004 - 2005 , Alex Arnal 2005 , Ra & uacute ; l Mateos 2004 - 2005. </ p >
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< a name = " 2 " >< h1 > 2. Users </ h1 ></ a >
< p > The definition of a user is based on the user ' s
daily activity . One or more profiles can be assigned to a single user </ p >
< p > A profile is a list of actions a user can or
cannot perform on a given group , e . g . " view incidents " , " database management " , etc .</ p >
< p > Each user is given a number of groups of agents
he has permission to access , as well as the administrative profile he will have
in each group . Each user can belong to one or more groups , with an assigned
profile for each of them .</ p >
< p > Agent belongs to a group and only one , sharing
the group with agents of similar characteristics . Groups also contain
incidents .</ p >
< h2 >< a name = " 21 " > 2.1 . Profile manager </ a ></ h2 >
< p > Pandora 's profile manager is used to assign specific profiles to each user. A hierarchy of users is so created, structured by the user' s profile within the company . With this system different security
levels can be implemented : read - only users , agent group coordinators or system administrators .</ p >
< p > A profile is created from the Profile Manager tool in the Administration menu . There are five predefined profiles :</ p >
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< li > Operator ( Read ) </ li >
< li > Operator ( Write ) </ li >
< li > Chief Operator </ li >
< li > Group coordinator </ li >
< li > Pandora Administrator </ li >
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< p > To create a new profile click on " Manage Profiles " & gt ; " Create Profile " in the Administration Menu </ p >
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< p > Any of the following roles can be assigned to a new profile :</ p >
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< li > View incidents ( IR ) </ li >
< li > Edit incidents ( IW ) </ li >
< li > Manage incidents ( IM ) </ li >
< li > View agents ( AR ) . To view agents as well as the events generated by them </ li >
< li > Edit agents ( AW ) . To modify then agent ' s modules </ li >
< li > Edit alerts ( LW ) . To modify the alerts assigned to an agent </ li >
< li > Manage users ( UM ) . To modify users and their roles </ li >
< li > Manage DB ( DM ) . To modify the configuration and data of the database ( Global ) </ li >
< li > Manage alerts ( LM ) . To define new alerts ( Global ) </ li >
< li > Manage Pandora ( PM ) . To modify general system settings </ li >
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< h2 >< a name = " 22 " > 2.2 . Adding a user </ a ></ h2 >
< p > A user is added clicking on " Manage Users " & gt ; " Create user " in the Administration Menu </ p >
< p > To create a new user it is necessary to , at
least , fill in the user ID , the password ( twice ) and Pandora ' s global profile .</ p >
< p > A global profile for a user maybe Administrator or Standard User .</ p >
< p > A user with an " Administrator " profile will have the highest security privileges in Pandora .</ p >
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< p > Profiles must be assigned for each of the groups a new " standard " profile user can access , once the user is created and his configuration updated .</ p >
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< p > A user profile is deleted by clicking on the delete icon < img src = " ../../images/cancel.gif " > <EFBFBD> onthe right hand side of the profile .</ p >
< h2 >< a name = " 23 " > 2.3 . Deleting a user </ a ></ h2 >
< p > A user is deleted by clicking on the delete icon < img src = " ../../images/cancel.gif " > <EFBFBD> onthe right hand side of the user . The list of users is accessed through the " Manage Users " option in the Administration menu .</ p >
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< h2 >< a name = " 24 " > 2.4 . Statistics </ a ></ h2 >
< p > The user activity statistics show a graph with the activity of the user , being the number of events the audit has generated for each user . The number of events of
a user usually reflects the user ' s activity .</ p >
< p > Click on " View Users " & gt ; " Statistics " in the Operation menu to show this graph :</ p >
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