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Using satconfig

satconfig is a graphical utility that you use to configure exactly which events will be audited on your system. Any user can invoke satconfig, but only the superuser may actually change the auditing environment. When you invoke satconfig, a new window opens on your screen. The main body of the window has a list of all the available event types. Next to each event type name is a button. At any time, each button is either up or down. If the button is down, the event type is selected for auditing. If the button is up, the event type is not audited. Use your mouse and the left mouse button to select whether you want the event type in question to be on or off.

When you first begin using the audit trail, there is a default set of audited events. You can modify that selection using satconfig, but the satconfig window contains a pulldown menu labeled "edit" that you can use at any time to set the auditing environment to a few preset environments. These include the original SGI default audit selections, your local default selections, all event types selected, no event types selected, and a current events selection. The current events selection restores the auditing environment that was last saved on your machine. The local default environment can be any combination of event types that you choose. You create a local default environment by following the instructions in "Saving and Retrieving Your Auditing Environment".

At the bottom of the satconfig screen there are three buttons. These buttons are labeled Apply, Revert, and Quit. When you have made your auditing selections, use the left mouse button to press the Apply button on the screen to activate the auditing selections. If you change your mind while making audit selections, you can use the Revert button to reset the individual event type buttons to the selections currently in use. The third button is labeled Quit and closes the satconfig window. If you have made selections that have not been applied, satconfig asks you if you really want to quit and discard the changes you have made without applying them.


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