Securing SYSPROG and CSMON by using the BMC AMI Ops security interface

You can use the BMC AMI Ops security interface to enable or disable security for the BMC AMI Ops SYSPROG Services and CSMON utilities collectively—that is, you can either secure or not secure all SYSPROG Services and CSMON services.

Related topic

Protecting-CSMON-and-BMC-AMI-Ops-SYSPROG-Services

Individual services (ZAP, EXIT, and so on) cannot be secured by using this interface. For information about securing individual 

SYSPROG Services

 services, see 

Managing security for BMC AMI Ops products

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This section explains how to use the BMC AMI Ops security interface to perform the following functions:

  • Enabling and disabling security for the SYSPROG Services and CSMON resource definitions
  • Changing the BMC AMI Ops resource definition for SYSPROG Servicesand CSMON services to correspond with a permit, profile, or rule that is already defined to your ESM
Warning

Security for most BMC AMI Ops resources is enabled by default when shipped. If you are customizing BMC AMI Ops security for the first time and want to leave security for SYSPROG Services and CSMON services enabled, you do not need to perform the steps in Enabling-and-disabling-security-for-CSMON.

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