You can use the patrol.conf file to selectively enable and disable external file overrides, operator overrides, and PSL overrides.
The location of the patrol.conf file depends on the operating system. On UNIX, it is in the /etc/patrol.d directory. On Windows, it is in the PATROL Security directory specified in PATROL Agent Configuration Utility.
For more information about the patrol.conf file, see the PATROL Console for UNIX User Guide or PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows User Guide — Customizing PATROL, Volume 3.
The following variables in the agentrights section of the patrol.conf file control which methods of implementing overrides are allowed and which are disabled:
The following is an example of the agentrights section of the patrol.conf file that allows all three types of overrides:
[AGENT]} define agentrights allrights allowexternaloverride=true allowpsloverride=true allowoperatoroverride=true end agent *, allrights
Notes
If external file overrides are disabled
Even if an external file is specified, it is not used.
If someone running an operator console attempts to override a parameter, an error message is displayed indicating that the agent does not allow the override.
If the PSL function set_alarm_ranges() is run, it fails and PATROL displays the following error message: "set disallowed by agent rights".