Multiple Active Directory (AD) users or groups may require access to the Symantec Endpoint Encryption Management Server (SEEMS) Console, but sharing high-level Administrator credentials is not desired. This article will review how to allow any user or group to use the SEEMS for tasks such as viewing reports by granting access to these users or groups.
Note: To install the SEEMS Console on additional computers, refer to article HOWTO130014
This article includes three sections for configuring and troubleshooting the SEE Management Console install on Workstations:
Method 1: Symantec Endpoint Encryption Configuration Manager - Server Roles
Method 2: Add Users or Groups to SQL Server Management Studio
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In attempting to grant access to other administrators to the SEEMS Console, the admins may not be allowed access to the console snap-in, or may receive an error such as the following:
The SEE Management Server console was unable to access the computer records in the SEE database. The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'GetRSEncryptionFormat', database 'SEEMSdb', schema 'dbo'.
Other errors may occur during the process of installing the SEE Management Server Console on workstations such as when the database account is being used for "SQL Server Authentication":
"Login failed for user 'domain\user'. Please re-enter the login credentials for SEEMS database. Then click 'Next".
Upon checking the verbose MSIEXEC install logs, the following error is displayed:
GINFO: Login failed for this user. Please check password.-2147217843 - Login failed for user 'pgp\test'.
Upon checking the SQL logging, the following error occurs:
Login failed for user 'PGP\test'. Reason: Attempting to use an NT account name with SQL Server Authentication. [CLIENT: 192.168.1.100]
There are two methods to allow other users to use the SEEM Console. Both methods allow for users or groups to be added. :
Method 1: Symantec Endpoint Encryption Configuration Manager - Server Roles
Method 2: Add Users or Groups to SQL Server Management Studio
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Method 1: Symantec Endpoint Encryption Configuration Manager - Server Roles
Method 2: Add Users or Groups to SQL Server Management Studio
Click here for Troubleshooting other errors described above with SQL server configuration
Method 1: Symantec Endpoint Encryption Configuration Manager - Server Roles
Now your users or groups should have access to the SEEMS console when they login.
Method 2: Add Users or Groups to SQL Server Management Studio
This will now grant access to the user or group to access the SEEMS console.
Troubleshooting other errors described above with SQL server configuration
During the installation of the SEE Management Console on a workstation, the first screen that appears is for configuring the database account. There are two options available for this and each have specific functions:
Windows Authentication - With this option selected, the user should be an actual user located in the Active Directory.
SQL Server Authentication - With this option selected, the user should be an SQL user, which is *not* in the Active Directory. If SQL Server Authentication is configured during the setup, and a Windows\AD account is selected, the error will occur that the password is incorrect. This is because SQL does not allow regular Windows\AD accounts to be used for SQL Authentication.
There is a setting in SQL, which allows for "Mixed" modes for authentication, however, this will not allow access to the server in this scenario and an SQL account must be used:
Check Security software, such as McAfee Host Based Security System (HBSS), which have been known to block the installer.