EVENTLOGADM(8) System Administration tools 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:

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

+o RS1 - This must be the value 1699505740.

+o RCN - This field should be 0.

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

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

+o EID - The eventlog ID.

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

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

+o RS2 - This field should be 0.

+o CRN - This field should be 0.

+o USL - This field should be 0.

+o 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.

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

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

+o 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 part of version 4.18.11 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.

Samba 4.18.11 03/13/2024 EVENTLOGADM(8)