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3 <refentry id="eventlogadm.8">
5 <refmeta>
6         <refentrytitle>eventlogadm</refentrytitle>
7         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
8 </refmeta>
11 <refnamediv>
12         <refname>eventlogadm</refname>
13         <refpurpose>push records into the Samba event log store</refpurpose>
14 </refnamediv>
16 <refsynopsisdiv>
17         <cmdsynopsis>
19                 <command>eventlogadm</command>
20                 <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
21                 <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
22                 <arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
23                 <literal>addsource</literal>
24                 <replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
25                 <replaceable>SOURCENAME</replaceable>
26                 <replaceable>MSGFILE</replaceable>
27                 </arg>
29         </cmdsynopsis>
30         <cmdsynopsis>
31                 <command>eventlogadm</command>
32                 <arg><option>-d</option></arg>
33                 <arg><option>-h</option></arg>
34                 <arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
35                 <literal>write</literal>
36                 <replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
37                 </arg>
39         </cmdsynopsis>
40 </refsynopsisdiv>
42 <refsect1>
43         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
45         <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
46         <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
48         <para><command>eventlogadm</command> is a filter that accepts
49         formatted event log records on standard input and writes them
50         to the Samba event log store. Windows client can then manipulate
51         these record using the usual administration tools.</para>
53 </refsect1>
56 <refsect1>
57         <title>OPTIONS</title>
59         <variablelist>
61                 <varlistentry>
62                 <term><option>-d</option></term>
63                 <listitem><para>
64                 The <command>-d</command> option causes <command>eventlogadm</command> to emit debugging
65                 information.
66                 </para></listitem>
67                 </varlistentry>
69                 <varlistentry>
70                 <term>
71                 <option>-o</option>
72                 <literal>addsource</literal>
73                 <replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
74                 <replaceable>SOURCENAME</replaceable>
75                 <replaceable>MSGFILE</replaceable>
76                 </term>
77                 <listitem><para>
78                 The <command>-o addsource</command> option creates a
79                 new event log source.
80                 </para> </listitem>
81                 </varlistentry>
83                 <varlistentry>
84                 <term>
85                 <option>-o</option>
86                 <literal>write</literal>
87                 <replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
88                 </term>
89                 <listitem><para>
90                 The <command>-o write</command> reads event log
91                 records from standard input and writes them to theSamba
92                 event log store named by EVENTLOG.
93                 </para> </listitem>
94                 </varlistentry>
96                 <varlistentry>
97                 <term><option>-h</option></term>
98                 <listitem><para>
99                 Print usage information.
100                 </para></listitem>
101                 </varlistentry>
103         </variablelist>
104 </refsect1>
107 <refsect1>
108         <title>EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT</title>
110         <para>For the write operation, <command>eventlogadm</command>
111         expects to be able to read structured records from standard
112         input. These records are a sequence of lines, with the record key
113         and data separated by a colon character. Records are separated
114         by at least one or more blank line.</para>
116         <para>The event log record field are:</para>
117         <itemizedlist>
119                 <listitem><para>
120                 <command>LEN</command> - This field should be 0, since <command>eventlogadm</command> will calculate this value.
121                 </para></listitem>
123                 <listitem><para>
124                 <command>RS1</command> - This must be the value 1699505740.
125                 </para></listitem>
127                 <listitem><para>
128                 <command>RCN</command> -  This field should be 0.
129                 </para></listitem>
131                 <listitem><para>
132                 <command>TMG</command> - The time the eventlog record
133                 was generated; format is the number of seconds since
134                 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.
135                 </para></listitem>
137                 <listitem><para>
138                 <command>TMW</command> - The time the eventlog record was
139                 written; format is the number of seconds since 00:00:00
140                 January 1, 1970, UTC.
141                 </para></listitem>
143                 <listitem><para>
144                 <command>EID</command> - The eventlog ID.
145                 </para></listitem>
147                 <listitem><para>
148                 <command>ETP</command> - The event type -- one of
149                 &quot;INFO&quot;,
150                 &quot;ERROR&quot;, &quot;WARNING&quot;, &quot;AUDIT
151                 SUCCESS&quot; or &quot;AUDIT FAILURE&quot;.
152                 </para></listitem>
154                 <listitem><para>
155                 <command>ECT</command> - The event category; this depends
156                 on the message file. It is primarily used as a means of
157                 filtering in the eventlog viewer.
158                 </para></listitem>
160                 <listitem><para>
161                 <command>RS2</command> - This field should be 0.
162                 </para></listitem>
164                 <listitem><para>
165                 <command>CRN</command> - This field should be 0.
166                 </para></listitem>
168                 <listitem><para>
169                 <command>USL</command> - This field should be 0.
170                 </para></listitem>
172                 <listitem><para>
173                 <command>SRC</command> - This field contains the source
174                 name associated with the event log. If a message file is
175                 used with an event log, there will be a registry entry
176                 for associating this source name with a message file DLL.
177                 </para></listitem>
179                 <listitem><para>
180                 <command>SRN</command> - he name of the machine on
181                 which the eventlog was generated. This is typically the
182                 host name.
183                 </para></listitem>
185                 <listitem><para>
186                 <command>STR</command> - The text associated with the
187                 eventlog. There may be more than one string in a record.
188                 </para></listitem>
190                 <listitem><para>
191                 <command>DAT</command> - This field should be left unset.
192                 </para></listitem>
194         </itemizedlist>
196 </refsect1>
198 <refsect1>
199         <title>EXAMPLES</title>
200         <para>An example of the record format accepted by <command>eventlogadm</command>:</para>
202         <programlisting>
203         LEN: 0
204         RS1: 1699505740
205         RCN: 0
206         TMG: 1128631322
207         TMW: 1128631322
208         EID: 1000
209         ETP: INFO
210         ECT: 0
211         RS2: 0
212         CRN: 0
213         USL: 0
214         SRC: cron
215         SRN: dmlinux
216         STR: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
217         DAT:
218         </programlisting>
220         <para>Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:</para>
221         <programlisting>
222         eventlogadm -o addsource Application MyApplication | \\
223                 %SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication.dll
224         </programlisting>
226         <para>Filter messages from the system log into an event log:</para>
227         <programlisting>
228         tail -f /var/log/messages | \\
229                 my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \\
230                 eventlogadm SystemLogEvents
231         </programlisting>
233 </refsect1>
235 <refsect1>
236         <title>VERSION</title>
237         <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.</para>
238 </refsect1>
240 <refsect1>
241         <title>AUTHOR</title>
243         <para> The original Samba software and related utilities were
244         created by Andrew Tridgell.  Samba is now developed by the
245         Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
246         Linux kernel is developed.</para>
247 </refsect1>
249 </refentry>