RE: File server logging

Have him turn on auditing at the system, then configure auditing at the
folder or drive level for whatever events interest him. Be prepared for
an enormous amount of log entries if its a busy file server.

Ian Hayes | Senior Systems Engineer
Wynn Las Vegas
3131 South Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Ph (702) 770-3252 | Cell (702) 266-6002
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Punzalan [mailto:jcpunzalan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:59 AM
To: security-basics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: File server logging

My customer is using a file server running on windows 2003 std. The
administrator wants to log all file activity such as open, modified,
saved,
created. Thanks guys

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