{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":40214,"path":"platform-administration/user-administration/c_LogImpersonations.md","title":"Impersonation logs","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Impersonation logs\n\nImpersonations are logged in the system log.\n\nLog impersonations for either interactive \\(UI\\) or non-interactive sessions.\n\n## Impersonation logging for interactive sessions\n\nInteractive sessions are performed through the user interface \\(UI\\). Enable or disable impersonation logging for interactive sessions using the **glide.sys.log\\_impersonation** property.\n\nIf you enable impersonation logging for interactive sessions by setting **glide.sys.log\\_impersonation** to **true**, all interactive sessions are recorded in the log.\n\n|Property|Description|\n|--------|-----------|\n|**glide.sys.log\\_impersonation**|Enables \\(**true**\\) or disables \\(**false**\\) impersonation logging for interactive sessions.|\n\n## Impersonation logging for non-interactive sessions\n\nNon-interactive sessions are performed by applications and scripts, not through the UI.\n\nImpersonation logging of non-interactive sessions is turned off by default. If you enable impersonation logging by setting the **glide.sys.log\\_impersonation.non\\_interactive** property to **true**, impersonations of non-interactive sessions are recorded in the impersonate log.\n\nEven with **glide.sys.log\\_impersonation.non\\_interactive** set to **true**, the system doesn’t log certain common impersonation tasks performed on behalf of the default users \\(**system**, **soap.guest**, and **guest**\\) because the application impersonates those default users to perform a variety of tasks.\n\nUse the **glide.sys.log\\_impersonation.non\\_interactive.exclusion** property to exclude impersonations by other users in addition to the default users.\n\n<table id=\"table_hjb_ntk_kbb\"><thead><tr><th>\n\nProperty\n\n</th><th>\n\nDescription\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\n**glide.sys.log\\_impersonation.non\\_interactive**\n\n</td><td>\n\nEnables \\(**true**\\) or disables \\(**false**\\) impersonation logging for non-interactive sessions.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\n**glide.sys.log\\_impersonation.non\\_interactive.exclusion**\n\n</td><td>\n\nExcludes impersonation logging of non-interactive sessions for specified users.Enter user names as a comma-separated list. Default users \\(**system**, **soap.guest**, and **guest**\\) don’t need to be included in the list.\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>**Parent Topic:**[Impersonating users](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/user-administration/c_ImpersonateAUser.md)\n\n"}}