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2 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
3 <refentry id="vfs_full_audit.8">
5 <refmeta>
6         <refentrytitle>vfs_full_audit</refentrytitle>
7         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8         <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
9         <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
10         <refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
11 </refmeta>
14 <refnamediv>
15         <refname>vfs_full_audit</refname>
16         <refpurpose>record Samba VFS operations in the system log</refpurpose>
17 </refnamediv>
19 <refsynopsisdiv>
20         <cmdsynopsis>
21                 <command>vfs objects = full_audit</command>
22         </cmdsynopsis>
23 </refsynopsisdiv>
25 <refsect1>
26         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
28         <para>This VFS module is part of the
29         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
30         <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
32         <para>The <command>vfs_full_audit</command> VFS module records selected
33         client operations to the system log using
34         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle>
35         <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
37         <para><command>vfs_full_audit</command> is able to record the
38         complete set of Samba VFS operations:</para>
40         <simplelist>
41         <member>aio_cancel</member>
42         <member>aio_error</member>
43         <member>aio_fsync</member>
44         <member>aio_read</member>
45         <member>aio_return</member>
46         <member>aio_suspend</member>
47         <member>aio_write</member>
48         <member>chdir</member>
49         <member>chflags</member>
50         <member>chmod</member>
51         <member>chmod_acl</member>
52         <member>chown</member>
53         <member>close</member>
54         <member>closedir</member>
55         <member>connect</member>
56         <member>disconnect</member>
57         <member>disk_free</member>
58         <member>fchmod</member>
59         <member>fchmod_acl</member>
60         <member>fchown</member>
61         <member>fget_nt_acl</member>
62         <member>fgetxattr</member>
63         <member>flistxattr</member>
64         <member>fremovexattr</member>
65         <member>fset_nt_acl</member>
66         <member>fsetxattr</member>
67         <member>fstat</member>
68         <member>fsync</member>
69         <member>ftruncate</member>
70         <member>get_nt_acl</member>
71         <member>get_quota</member>
72         <member>get_shadow_copy_data</member>
73         <member>getlock</member>
74         <member>getwd</member>
75         <member>getxattr</member>
76         <member>kernel_flock</member>
77         <member>lgetxattr</member>
78         <member>link</member>
79         <member>linux_setlease</member>
80         <member>listxattr</member>
81         <member>llistxattr</member>
82         <member>lock</member>
83         <member>lremovexattr</member>
84         <member>lseek</member>
85         <member>lsetxattr</member>
86         <member>lstat</member>
87         <member>mkdir</member>
88         <member>mknod</member>
89         <member>open</member>
90         <member>opendir</member>
91         <member>pread</member>
92         <member>pwrite</member>
93         <member>read</member>
94         <member>readdir</member>
95         <member>readlink</member>
96         <member>realpath</member>
97         <member>removexattr</member>
98         <member>rename</member>
99         <member>rewinddir</member>
100         <member>rmdir</member>
101         <member>seekdir</member>
102         <member>sendfile</member>
103         <member>set_nt_acl</member>
104         <member>set_quota</member>
105         <member>setxattr</member>
106         <member>stat</member>
107         <member>statvfs</member>
108         <member>symlink</member>
109         <member>sys_acl_add_perm</member>
110         <member>sys_acl_clear_perms</member>
111         <member>sys_acl_create_entry</member>
112         <member>sys_acl_delete_def_file</member>
113         <member>sys_acl_free_acl</member>
114         <member>sys_acl_free_qualifier</member>
115         <member>sys_acl_free_text</member>
116         <member>sys_acl_get_entry</member>
117         <member>sys_acl_get_fd</member>
118         <member>sys_acl_get_file</member>
119         <member>sys_acl_get_perm</member>
120         <member>sys_acl_get_permset</member>
121         <member>sys_acl_get_qualifier</member>
122         <member>sys_acl_get_tag_type</member>
123         <member>sys_acl_init</member>
124         <member>sys_acl_set_fd</member>
125         <member>sys_acl_set_file</member>
126         <member>sys_acl_set_permset</member>
127         <member>sys_acl_set_qualifier</member>
128         <member>sys_acl_set_tag_type</member>
129         <member>sys_acl_to_text</member>
130         <member>sys_acl_valid</member>
131         <member>telldir</member>
132         <member>unlink</member>
133         <member>utime</member>
134         <member>write</member>
135         </simplelist>
137         <para>In addition to these operations,
138         <command>vfs_full_audit</command> recognizes the special operation
139         names &quot;all&quot; and &quot;none &quot;, which refer to all
140         the VFS operations and none of the VFS operations respectively.
141         </para>
143         <para><command>vfs_full_audit</command> records operations in fixed
144         format consisting of fields separated by '|' characters. The
145         format is: </para>
146         <programlisting>
147                 smbd_audit: PREFIX|OPERATION|RESULT|FILE
148         </programlisting>
150         <para>The record fields are:</para>
152         <itemizedlist>
153         <listitem><para><command>PREFIX</command> - the result of the full_audit:prefix string after variable substitutions</para></listitem>
154         <listitem><para><command>OPERATION</command> - the name of the VFS operation</para></listitem>
155         <listitem><para><command>RESULT</command> - whether the operation succeeded or failed</para></listitem>
156         <listitem><para><command>FILE</command> - the name of the file or directory the operation was performed on</para></listitem>
158         </itemizedlist>
160         <para>This module is stackable.</para>
162 </refsect1>
165 <refsect1>
166         <title>OPTIONS</title>
168         <variablelist>
170                 <varlistentry>
171                 <term>vfs_full_audit:prefix = STRING</term>
172                 <listitem>
173                 <para>Prepend audit messages with STRING. STRING is
174                 processed for standard substitution variables listed in
175                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle>
176                 <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The default
177                 prefix is &quot;%u|%I&quot;. </para>
179                 </listitem>
180                 </varlistentry>
182                 <varlistentry>
183                 <term>vfs_full_audit:success = LIST</term>
184                 <listitem>
185                 <para>LIST is a list of VFS operations that should be
186                 recorded if they succeed. Operations are specified using
187                 the names listed above.
188                 </para>
190                 </listitem>
191                 </varlistentry>
193                 <varlistentry>
194                 <term>vfs_full_audit:failure = LIST</term>
195                 <listitem>
196                 <para>LIST is a list of VFS operations that should be
197                 recorded if they failed. Operations are specified using
198                 the names listed above.
199                 </para>
201                 </listitem>
202                 </varlistentry>
204                 <varlistentry>
205                 <term>full_audit:facility = FACILITY</term>
206                 <listitem>
207                 <para>Log messages to the named
208                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle>
209                 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> facility.
211                 </para>
213                 </listitem>
214                 </varlistentry>
216                 <varlistentry>
217                 <term>full_audit:priority = PRIORITY</term>
218                 <listitem>
219                 <para>Log messages with the named
220                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>syslog</refentrytitle>
221                 <manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> priority.
222                 </para>
224                 </listitem>
225                 </varlistentry>
227         </variablelist>
228 </refsect1>
230 <refsect1>
231         <title>EXAMPLES</title>
233         <para>Log file and directory open operations on the [records]
234         share using the LOCAL7 facility and ALERT priority, including
235         the username and IP address:</para>
237 <programlisting>
238         <smbconfsection name="[records]"/>
239         <smbconfoption name="path">/data/records</smbconfoption>
240         <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">full_audit</smbconfoption>
241         <smbconfoption name="full_audit:prefix">%u|%I</smbconfoption>
242         <smbconfoption name="full_audit:success">open opendir</smbconfoption>
243         <smbconfoption name="full_audit:failure">all</smbconfoption>
244         <smbconfoption name="full_audit:facility">LOCAL7</smbconfoption>
245         <smbconfoption name="full_audit:priority">ALERT</smbconfoption>
246 </programlisting>
248 </refsect1>
250 <refsect1>
251         <title>VERSION</title>
252         <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.
253         </para>
254 </refsect1>
256 <refsect1>
257         <title>AUTHOR</title>
259         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
260         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
261         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
262         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
264 </refsect1>
266 </refentry>