VFS_AUDIT

Section: System Administration tools (8)
Updated: 04/07/2021
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NAME

vfs_audit - record selected Samba VFS operations in the system log

SYNOPSIS

: vfs objects = audit

DESCRIPTION

This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.

The vfs_audit VFS module records selected client operations to the system log using syslog(3).

The following Samba VFS operations are recorded:

: connect

: disconnect

: opendir

: mkdir

: rmdir

: open

: close

: rename

: unlink

: chmod

: fchmod

This module is stackable.

OPTIONS

audit:facility = FACILITY

: Log messages to the named syslog(3) facility.

audit:priority = PRIORITY

: Log messages with the named syslog(3) priority.

EXAMPLES

Log operations on all shares using the LOCAL1 facility and NOTICE priority:

        [global]
        m[blue]vfs objects = auditm[]
        m[blue]audit:facility = LOCAL1m[]
        m[blue]audit:priority = NOTICEm[]

VERSION

This man page is part of version 4.14.2 of the Samba suite.

AUTHOR

The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.