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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 6.0 LTS - Administration Guide

Introduction System requirements Using the virtual appliance and web management console Cloud deployment considerations Setting up Safeguard for Privileged Passwords for the first time Search box Using the web client Installing the desktop client Using the desktop client Privileged access requests Toolbox Accounts Account Groups Assets Asset Groups Discovery Entitlements Partitions Settings
Access Request settings Appliance settings Asset Management settings Backup and Retention settings Certificate settings Cluster settings External Integration settings Messaging settings Profile settings Safeguard Access settings
Users User Groups Disaster recovery and clusters Administrator permissions Preparing systems for management Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions Appendix A: Safeguard ports Appendix B: SPP 2.7 or later migration guidance Appendix C: SPP and SPS join guidance Appendix D: Regular Expressions Appendix E: Historical changes by release Glossary

Settings

(web client) Settings

In the web client, click the  Settings menu on the left to go to the Settings: Appliance page.

The following Settings are available. See each section for a description of the functions available.

Additional information is available for Networking and Time. For more information, see How do I modify the appliance configuration settings.

(desktop client) Settings

Using the desktop client, the Settings page in the  Administrative Tools is where you configure Safeguard for Privileged Passwords to run backups, install updates, manage clusters, manage certificates, enable event notifications, enable external integration, define profile configuration settings, define user password rules, define discovery rules, and run troubleshooting tools.

You must have administrator permissions to access the Settings page and the administrator permissions you have determine what you can do.

Use the Search control at the top of the Settings page to locate a particular setting. For example, if you type password and press the Enter key, a list of all the password settings appears; select an entry from this list to display the selected settings page.

The following Settings are available. See each section for a description of the functions available.

Access Request settings

Use the Access Request settings to enable (or disable) access request and password management services and to define global reason codes that can be used when creating access request policies.

Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Access Request.

Table 103: Access Request settings
Setting Description

Enable or Disable Services (Access and management services)

Toggle on

Toggle off

Where you enable or disable the following Safeguard for Privileged Passwords services:

  • Session requests
  • Password requests
  • Check password management
  • Change password management
Reasons

Where you configure access request reason codes, which can then be used when creating access request policies.

Enable or Disable Services

One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords allows you to enable or disable access request and password management services. These settings control session and password release requests, manual account

password validation, and reset tasks, as well as the automatic profile check and change tasks in Partitions.

All services are enabled by default. The toggles appear blue with the switch to the right when a service is enabled, and gray with the switch to the left when a service is disabled.

These global settings are enabled by default. By default, these services are disabled for service accounts and for accounts and assets found as part of a discovery job.

Service accounts can be modified to adhere to these schedules and discovered accounts can be activated when managed.

It is the responsibility of the Appliance Administrator to manage the access request and password management services.

Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Access Request | Enable or Disable Services.

Table 104: Enable or Disable Services settings
Setting Description

Requests

Toggle on or Toggle off

Session Requests Enabled

Session requests are enabled by default, indicating that authorized users can make session access requests. There is a limit of 1,000 sessions on a single access request.

Click the Session Requests Enabled toggle to disable this service so sessions can not be requested.

NOTE: When Session Requests is disabled, no new session access requests can be initiated. Depending on the access request policies that control the target asset/account, you will see a message informing you that the Session Request feature is not available.

In addition, current session access requests cannot be launched. A message appears, informing you that Session Requests is not available. For example, you may see the following message: This feature is temporarily disabled. See your appliance administrator for details.

Password Requests Enabled

Password requests are enabled by default, indicating that authorized users can make password release requests

Click the Password Requests Enabled toggle to disable this service so passwords can not be requested.

NOTE: Disabling the password request service will place any open requests on hold until this service is reenabled.

Password Management

Toggle on or Toggle off

Check Password Management Enabled

Check password management is enabled by default, indicating that Safeguard for Privileged Passwords automatically performs the password check task if the profile is scheduled, and allows you to manually check an account's password.

Click the Check Password Management Enabled toggle to disable the password validation service.

Note: Safeguard for Privileged Passwords enables automatic password management services by default. Typically, you would only disable them during an organization-wide maintenance window.

When disabling a password management service, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords allows all currently running tasks to complete; however, no new tasks will be allowed to start.

Change Password Management Enabled

Change password management is enabled by default, indicating that Safeguard for Privileged Passwords automatically performs the password change task if the profile is scheduled, and allows you to manually reset an account's password.

Click the Change Password Management Enabled toggle to disable the password reset service.

Note: Safeguard for Privileged Passwords enables automatic password management services by default. Typically, you would only disable them during an organization-wide maintenance window.

When disabling a password management service, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords allows all currently running tasks to complete; however, no new tasks will be allowed to start.

Discovery

Toggle on or Toggle off

Asset Discovery Enabled

Asset discovery is enabled by default, indicating that available Asset Discovery jobs find assets by searching directory assets, such as Active Directory, or by scanning network IP ranges. For more information, see Discovery.

Account Discovery Enabled

Account discovery is enabled by default, indicating that available Account Discovery jobs find accounts by searching directory assets such as Active Directory or by scanning local account databases on Windows and Unix assets (/etc/passwd) that are associated with the account discovery job. For more information, see Discovery.

Service Discovery Enabled

Service discovery is enabled by default, indicating that available Service Discovery jobs find Windows services that run as accounts managed by Safeguard. For more information, see Discovery.

Directory

Toggle on or Toggle off

Directory Sync Enabled

Directory sync is enabled by default, indicating that additions or deletions to directory assets are synchronized. You can set the number of minutes for synchronization. For more information, see Management tab (add asset).

Sessions Module

Toggle on or Toggle off

Session Module Password Access Enabled

Session module password access is disabled by default. When the toggle is on, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords (SPP) can create an access request and check out a password from Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) on behalf of another user. When the toggle is switched off, this ability is revoked. This functionality supports Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) version 6.2.0 or later. For more information, see the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions Administration Guide: One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions - Technical Documentation.

 

Reasons

In an access request policy, a Security Policy Administrator can require that a requester provide a reason for requesting access to a password or session. Then, when requesting access, the user can select a predefined reason from a list. For example, you might use these access request reasons:

  • Software Updates
  • System Maintenance
  • Hardware Issues
  • Problem Ticket

To configure access request reasons

  1. Navigate to Administrative Tools | Settings | Access Request | Reasons.
  2. Click Add Reason to add a new reason.
  3. In the Reason dialog, enter the following:
    1. Name: Enter a name for the reason.

      Limit: 50 characters

      Required

    2. Description: Enter a description for the reason.

      Limit: 255 characters

      Required

  4. Click Add Reason.
  5. To edit a reason, click Edit Reason.

    The Reason dialog appears allowing you to modify the name or description.

  6. To delete a reason, click Delete Reason.

    In the confirmation dialog, click Yes.

Related Topics

Creating an access request policy

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