If you're running an Open-AudIT server on Linux, this doesn't affect you.
For Open-AudIT 5.0.0 and newer, when running Open-AudIT on Windows the Apache service account must be that of a 'regular' user (or the Administrator). This is because the "Local System" account normally used to run Apache has no access to any "network" resources. IE - We cannot use Apache when running as the Local System account account to copy the audit script to Windows PCs.
To make the change, just follow the steps below.
Select the Start menu and type "services". Click the Services icon.
Next, right click the Apache2.4 service and select Properties, then click the Log On tab.
Select the "This Account" checkbox and provide the account name and password.
Next, click OK, then right click the Apache 2.4 service and click Restart. Done.
The below is deprecated as at the 5.0.0 release and only applies to earlier versions.
This relates to using our default network address as http://127.0.0.1/open-audit/ and auditing Windows computers using a script from a Windows Open-AudIT server.
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