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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions 8.0 LTS - Safeguard Desktop Player User Guide

Summary of changes Features and limitations Installing Safeguard Desktop Player First steps Validating audit trails Replaying audit trails Replaying encrypted audit trails Replaying encrypted audit trails from the command line Replaying audit files in follow mode Searching in the content of the current audit file Search query examples Exporting the audit trail as video Exporting the sound from an audit trail Exporting zat and zatx files Sharing an encrypted audit trail Replaying X11 sessions Exporting transferred files from SCP, SFTP, HTTP, and RDP audit trails Exporting raw network traffic in PCAP format Exporting screen content text Troubleshooting the Safeguard Desktop Player Keyboard shortcuts

Installing Safeguard Desktop Player on Windows

This section describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

NOTE: If you use the SPP desktop client application to view audit trails that were created and indexed with One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS), see Installing Safeguard Desktop Player on Windows to use with the SPP desktop client application.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a valid support portal account with access to SPS downloads.

  • Microsoft Windows:

    • 64-bit version of Windows 10 (from version 1607)

    • 64-bit version of Windows 11

    • Windows Server 2016 (from version 1607)

    • Windows Server 2019

    • Windows Server 2022

    Install the appropriate driver for your graphic card.

    For details, see Safeguard Desktop Player system requirements.

  • If you already have an earlier version of the Safeguard Desktop Player application installed on the host (version 1.8 or earlier), uninstall the previous installation. For future versions of the Safeguard Desktop Player, you do not need to uninstall the previous version before you can install the new version as this will be done automatically.

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application

  1. Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Windows from the Downloads page.

  2. Install the Safeguard Desktop Player application using one of the following options:

    • Navigate to the Downloads directory and start the installation.

    • Silent install if using terminal: Alternatively, from the terminal, use the msiexec /quiet silent install option to install the Safeguard Desktop Player.

      For example: msiexec /i <player.msi> INSTALLFOLDER="C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Safeguard\" /quiet

    The installation wizard opens.

  3. On the Setup Preferences page, select the required options. After that, click Next to create the start menu icon, and register the audit trail file extensions.

    Figure 1: Setup preferences

  4. Select where you want to save the Safeguard Desktop Player application installer, and after that, click Next. The default installation folder is C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Safeguard.

    Figure 2: Selecting the installation folder

  5. Read the Software Transaction, License and End User License Agreements of Safeguard Desktop Player, select I accept the license, then click Next.

  6. To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, click Install, and after that, when the installation is complete, click Finish.

Installing Safeguard Desktop Player on Windows to use with the SPP desktop client application

This section describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application if you use the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords (SPP) desktop client application to view audit trails for trails created and indexed with One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS).

From Safeguard Desktop Player version 1.9, the default installation folder on Microsoft Windows has changed from C:\Program Files\Safeguard\Safeguard Desktop Player to C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\Safeguard\. SPP still looks for Safeguard Desktop Player at the previous location, that is, C:\Program Files\Safeguard Desktop Player.

When installing Safeguard Desktop Player version 1.9 or later to use with the SPP desktop client application, change the default installation folder to C:\Program Files\Safeguard\Safeguard Desktop Player as described below.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a valid support portal account with access to SPS downloads.

  • Microsoft Windows:

    • 64-bit version of Windows 10 (from version 1607)

    • 64-bit version of Windows 11

    • Windows Server 2016 (from version 1607)

    • Windows Server 2019

    • Windows Server 2022

    Install the appropriate driver for your graphic card.

    For details, see Safeguard Desktop Player system requirements.

  • If you already have an earlier version of the Safeguard Desktop Player application installed on the host (version 1.8 or earlier), uninstall the previous installation.

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application on Windows to use with the SPP desktop client application

  1. Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Windows from the Downloads page.

  2. Open a terminal with elevated privileges.

  3. Enter msiexec /i <player.msi> INSTALLFOLDER="C:\ProgramFiles\Safeguard" /quiet

    The Safeguard Desktop Player is installed at C:\Program Files\Safeguard Desktop Player and you can use it with the SPP desktop client application.

Installing Safeguard Desktop Player on Linux

This section describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a valid support portal account with access to SPS downloads.

  • Linux:

    RHEL 8 or newer. The Safeguard Desktop Player application will probably run on other distributions as well that have at least libc6 version 2.17 installed.

    For details, see Safeguard Desktop Player system requirements.

  • If you already have an earlier version of the Safeguard Desktop Player application installed on the host, uninstall the previous installation. If you want to keep the previous installation for some reason, install the new version in a different directory.

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application

  1. Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Linux from the Downloads page.

  2. Open a terminal, and navigate to the Downloads directory.

  3. To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, start the downloaded file.

    • Installing for every user (system-wide installation): System-wide installation requires root privileges. To install Safeguard Desktop Player for every user on the host, issue the following commands:

      chmod +x ./desktop_player_installer.1.0.17.release.run; sudo ./desktop_player_installer.1.0.17.release.run

    • Installing for the current user: You can install the Safeguard Desktop Player application with user privileges. To install Safeguard Desktop Player for the current user on the host, issue the following commands:

      chmod +x ./desktop_player_installer.1.0.17.release.run; ./desktop_player_installer.1.0.17.release.run

    The installation wizard opens. Click Next.

  4. Select the folder where you want to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, and after that click Next.

    The default installation folder on Linux is ~/SafeguardDesktopPlayer.

    Figure 3: Selecting the installation folder

  5. Read the Software Transaction, License and End User License Agreements of Safeguard Desktop Player, select I accept the license, then click Next.

  6. To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application, click Install, then click Finish when the installation is complete.

Installing Safeguard Desktop Player on Mac

This section describes how to install the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

Prerequisites

  • You must have a valid support portal account with access to SPS downloads.

  • MacOS High Sierra 10.13, or newer.

    For details, see Safeguard Desktop Player system requirements.

  • If you already have an earlier version of the Safeguard Desktop Player application installed on the host, uninstall the previous installation. If you want to keep the previous installation for some reason, install the new version in a different directory.

To install the Safeguard Desktop Player application

  1. Download the Safeguard Desktop Player application for Mac from the Downloads page.

  2. Double-click the desktop_player_installer.version.release.dmg to open the installer, then drag the Safeguard Desktop Player application to the Applications folder.

    Figure 4: Drag the application to the Applications folder

  3. If your Mac is set to allow applications only from the App Store, you get a warning that you cannot install the application. You can temporarily override your Mac security settings and open the application as follows:

    Figure 5: Safely open apps on your Mac — Warning message

    1. In Finder, press Control and click the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

    2. Select Open from the menu, and in the dialog that appears, click Open.

      The Safeguard Desktop Player application is now saved as an exception to your security settings, and you can open it by double-clicking it.

  4. Open an audit trail that you want to replay. For more information, see Replaying audit trails.

    Figure 6: Replaying an audit trail

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