Session recording
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Requirements

  • To have a user with an identical username on the senhasegura platform.
  • To have an approved user in GO Endpoint Manager for Linux.

Record a session

GO Endpoint Manager for Linux allows users to be video monitored throughout their sessions, regardless of the binary run.

  1. Access the senhasegura platform.
  2. Navigate to GO Endpoint Manager➔Policies➔Linux➔Access Policies.
  3. Click ⁝ and select the desired option: New rule, New rule for workstation or New rule for user.
  4. In the Main tab, complete the fields:
    • Policy name: define an easy-to-identify name. 
    • Enabled: if enabled, the policy will be applied across devices.
    • Guideline: select Binary run.
  5. In the Application tab, complete the fields:
    • Enable audit?: the field is required and is enabled by default. Leave it Yes to audit the actions performed.
    • Enable session recording?: mark Yes to record the sessions of logged binaries. The start of the session is linked to the execution of the binary only after the execution is over.
    • Application path: the location of the program on the file system. Find the path of the program using which [the command you want].
    • Is the path a symbolic link?: check if this added path is a link to a file or directory. Find out if it's a symbolic link by typing ls -la [the command path you want].
  6. Click Add.
    • Permission: choose allowing to record the sessions.
    • User or group: add who this rule is for, a user or group.
    • User or group name: fill in the name of the user or group according to the type chosen in the previous field. It must be the user's primary group.
  7. Click Add.
  8. Click Save.

Below, there's an example of a session recording with the execution of the ping command:

user@Workstation:~$ ping -c 4 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=2.12 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=1.94 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=2.05 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=2.20 ms

--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.975/2.034/2.102/0.051 ms

Uploading recorded output data...
OK.

Uploading recorded input data...
OK.

Session registration

  1. Access the senhasegura platform.
  2. Navigate to PAM Core➔Access Control➔Remote Sessions.
  3. Use the available fields to filter the recording.
  4. On the Action column, you can view the Session Logs and Session Videos. 
  5. You can also Record RemoteApp from this session, Prevent purge, and Configure auditors.

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