Access to Application log for Non System Admin

[Guest Jim Knowles]

I have a developer that wants to troubleshoot and issue we are having and

needs to be able to see the application log on our Windows 2003 server. Is

there an easy way I can grant him this access. I'm currently saving the

application log and placing it in a shared folder but that's getting old and

wasting a lot of our time.

 

Thanks.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Access to Application log for Non System Admin

 

 

"Jim Knowles" <JimKnowles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C4301AD4-5B51-4FD7-A4FF-382C1C1AFA16@microsoft.com...

>I have a developer that wants to troubleshoot and issue we are having and

> needs to be able to see the application log on our Windows 2003 server.

> Is

> there an easy way I can grant him this access. I'm currently saving the

> application log and placing it in a shared folder but that's getting old

> and

> wasting a lot of our time.

>

> Thanks.

 

You coul use the Task Scheduler to run eventquery.vbs once every

ten minutes, saving the result in a shared folder. If you schedule the

task under an admin account then you won't have any access

problems. Type cscript eventquery.vbs /? at the Command Prompt

to see the available switches.

[Guest Jim Knowles]

Re: Access to Application log for Non System Admin

 

That's an option, but I'd prefer to allow him to look directly at the

application. With Windows 2000, there was a registry hack that could be

completed and the user or group identified could connect to the logs and view

them. I was hoping that Windows 2003 would provide another opiton.

 

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Jim Knowles" <JimKnowles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:C4301AD4-5B51-4FD7-A4FF-382C1C1AFA16@microsoft.com...

> >I have a developer that wants to troubleshoot and issue we are having and

> > needs to be able to see the application log on our Windows 2003 server.

> > Is

> > there an easy way I can grant him this access. I'm currently saving the

> > application log and placing it in a shared folder but that's getting old

> > and

> > wasting a lot of our time.

> >

> > Thanks.

>

> You coul use the Task Scheduler to run eventquery.vbs once every

> ten minutes, saving the result in a shared folder. If you schedule the

> task under an admin account then you won't have any access

> problems. Type cscript eventquery.vbs /? at the Command Prompt

> to see the available switches.

>

>

>