Administering Logging for SAS Servers

Audit Server Logging Level Changes That Originate in Client Applications

For security purposes, you might want to audit changes to server logging levels that are initiated by remote client applications. SAS Management Console is the only SAS application that enables users to change logging levels. The App.FilteredList.FilteredList.SetValue logger captures any logging level changes that are initiated by SAS Management Console or by custom applications.

To capture these events, add the following lines to the server's logging configuration file:

<logger name="App.FilteredList.FilteredList.SetValue">
       <level value="Trace">
</logger>

If you want, you can direct these events to a separate log file. To do so, define a new appender, and reference the appender in the logger definition. For details, see the SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference.

You can also use SAS Management Console to temporarily adjust the threshold level for this logger (see Using SAS Management Console to Monitor SAS Servers).

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