Shutdown Event
shutdown events describe shutdown processes that are performed by an administrator or sub-administrator user with privileges to shutdown the system.
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Privileged Access Manager
shutdown events describe shutdown processes that are performed by an administrator or sub-administrator user with privileges to shutdown the system.Audit records in this event have the following format:
Date Time M Event UserName SessionID Details Service AuditFlags
- DateIdentifies the date that the event occurred.Format:DD MMM YYYYNote:Privileged Access ManagerEndpoint Management formats the date display according to your computer settings.
- TimeIdentifies the time that the event occurred.Format:HH:MM:SSNote:Privileged Access ManagerEndpoint Management formats the time display according to your computer settings.
- Event TypeIdentifies the type of event this record belongs to.Note:Privileged Access ManagerEndpoint Management refers to this field simply asEvent.
- User NameIdentifies the name of the accessor that performed the action that triggered this event.
- User Logon Session IDIdentifies the accessor's session ID.Note:By default this field does not appear in a non-detailed seaudit output. To display this field in a non-detailed seaudit output, specify the -sessionid option in the seaudit command.
- DetailsIndicates at which stagePrivileged Access Managerdecided what action to take for this event.Note:The audit record that you see in a non-detailed seaudit output displays a number in this field. This number is known as the authorization stage code. In a detailed output or inPrivileged Access ManagerEndpoint Management, the audit record displays the message that is associated with the authorization stage code. For a complete list of stage codes, run seaudit -t.
- Daemon (UNIX) / Engine service (Windows)Identifies the name of thePrivileged Access Managerdaemon (UNIX) or service (Windows) that was shut down.Value:seosd (thePrivileged Access ManagerEngine).
- Audit FlagsIndicates whether the accessor is internal (Privileged Access Managerdatabase user) or an enterprise user.Note:If the accessor is an enterprise user, the audit record you see in a non-detailed seaudit output displays the string "(OS user)" in this field. Otherwise, this field remains empty.
Example: Shutdown Event Message on UNIX
The following audit record was taken from a detailed seaudit output.
24 Sep YYYY 15:40:46 M SHUTDOWN root 452 seosdEvent type: Daemon shutdownUser name: rootDaemon: seosdDate: 24 Sep YYYYTime: 15:40:46Details: User is ADMIN or SPECIALUser Logon Session ID: 48da26ce:00000142Audit flags: CA PAMSC database user
This audit record indicates that on September 24th of the specified year, the user root who was attempting to shutdown
Privileged Access Manager
was permitted to do so because the user has the ADMIN attribute (authorization stage code 452User is ADMIN or SPECIAL).Example: Shutdown Event Message on Windows
The following audit record was taken from a detailed seaudit output.
23 Dec YYYY 12:56:20 D SHUTDOWN tst002 460 seosdEvent type: Engine service shutdownUser name: tst002Engine service: seosdDate: 10 Feb 2009Time: 12:56Details: User is not allowed to shutdown CA PAMSCUser Logon Session ID: 00000000:04c240d5Audit flags: AC database user
This audit record indicates that on December 23rd of the specified year, the
Privileged Access Manager
shut down was denied because the user tst002 is not allowed to shutdown the product (authorization stage code 460User is not allowed to shutdown Privileged Access Manager
).