Access to Application log for Non System Admin

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
>
>
>
 
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