eventlogadm(8)

NAME

   eventlogadm - push records into the Samba event log store

SYNOPSIS

   eventlogadm [-s] [-d] [-h] -o addsource EVENTLOG SOURCENAME MSGFILE

   eventlogadm [-s] [-d] [-h] -o write EVENTLOG

   eventlogadm [-s] [-d] [-h] -o dump EVENTLOG RECORD_NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

   This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.

   eventlogadm is a filter that accepts formatted event log records on
   standard input and writes them to the Samba event log store. Windows
   client can then manipulate these record using the usual administration
   tools.

OPTIONS

   -s FILENAME
       The -s option causes eventlogadm to load the configuration file
       given as FILENAME instead of the default one used by Samba.

   -d
       The -d option causes eventlogadm to emit debugging information.

   -o addsource EVENTLOG SOURCENAME MSGFILE
       The -o addsource option creates a new event log source.

   -o write EVENTLOG
       The -o write reads event log records from standard input and writes
       them to the Samba event log store named by EVENTLOG.

   -o dump EVENTLOG RECORD_NUMBER
       The -o dump reads event log records from a EVENTLOG tdb and dumps
       them to standard output on screen.

   -h
       Print usage information.

EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT

   For the write operation, eventlogadm expects to be able to read
   structured records from standard input. These records are a sequence of
   lines, with the record key and data separated by a colon character.
   Records are separated by at least one or more blank line.

   The event log record field are:

   *   LEN - This field should be 0, since eventlogadm will calculate this
       value.

   *   RS1 - This must be the value 1699505740.

   *   RCN - This field should be 0.

   *   TMG - The time the eventlog record was generated; format is the
       number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.

   *   TMW - The time the eventlog record was written; format is the
       number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.

   *   EID - The eventlog ID.

   *   ETP - The event type -- one of "INFO", "ERROR", "WARNING", "AUDIT
       SUCCESS" or "AUDIT FAILURE".

   *   ECT - The event category; this depends on the message file. It is
       primarily used as a means of filtering in the eventlog viewer.

   *   RS2 - This field should be 0.

   *   CRN - This field should be 0.

   *   USL - This field should be 0.

   *   SRC - This field contains the source name associated with the event
       log. If a message file is used with an event log, there will be a
       registry entry for associating this source name with a message file
       DLL.

   *   SRN - The name of the machine on which the eventlog was generated.
       This is typically the host name.

   *   STR - The text associated with the eventlog. There may be more than
       one string in a record.

   *   DAT - This field should be left unset.

EXAMPLES

   An example of the record format accepted by eventlogadm:

            LEN: 0
            RS1: 1699505740
            RCN: 0
            TMG: 1128631322
            TMW: 1128631322
            EID: 1000
            ETP: INFO
            ECT: 0
            RS2: 0
            CRN: 0
            USL: 0
            SRC: cron
            SRN: dmlinux
            STR: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
            DAT:

   Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:

            eventlogadm -o addsource Application MyApplication | \\
                 %SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication.dll

   Filter messages from the system log into an event log:

            tail -f /var/log/messages | \\
                 my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \\
                      eventlogadm SystemLogEvents

VERSION

   This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 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.

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