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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>eventlogadm</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="eventlogadm.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>eventlogadm — push records into the Samba event log store</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">eventlogadm</code> [<code class="option">-d</code>] [<code class="option">-h</code>] <code class="option">-o</code>
<code class="literal">addsource</code>
<em class="replaceable"><code>EVENTLOG</code></em>
<em class="replaceable"><code>SOURCENAME</code></em>
<em class="replaceable"><code>MSGFILE</code></em>
</p></div><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">eventlogadm</code> [<code class="option">-d</code>] [<code class="option">-h</code>] <code class="option">-o</code>
<code class="literal">write</code>
<em class="replaceable"><code>EVENTLOG</code></em>
</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259595"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="samba.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">samba</span>(1)</span></a> suite.</p><p><code class="literal">eventlogadm</code> 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.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id259373"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-d</code></span></dt><dd><p>
The <code class="literal">-d</code> option causes <code class="literal">eventlogadm</code> to emit debugging
information.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">-o</code>
<code class="literal">addsource</code>
<em class="replaceable"><code>EVENTLOG</code></em>
<em class="replaceable"><code>SOURCENAME</code></em>
<em class="replaceable"><code>MSGFILE</code></em>
</span></dt><dd><p>
The <code class="literal">-o addsource</code> option creates a
new event log source.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">
<code class="option">-o</code>
<code class="literal">write</code>
<em class="replaceable"><code>EVENTLOG</code></em>
</span></dt><dd><p>
The <code class="literal">-o write</code> reads event log
records from standard input and writes them to theSamba
event log store named by EVENTLOG.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">-h</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Print usage information.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id260402"></a><h2>EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT</h2><p>For the write operation, <code class="literal">eventlogadm</code>
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.</p><p>The event log record field are:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
<code class="literal">LEN</code> - This field should be 0, since <code class="literal">eventlogadm</code> will calculate this value.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">RS1</code> - This must be the value 1699505740.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">RCN</code> - This field should be 0.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">TMG</code> - The time the eventlog record
was generated; format is the number of seconds since
00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">TMW</code> - The time the eventlog record was
written; format is the number of seconds since 00:00:00
January 1, 1970, UTC.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">EID</code> - The eventlog ID.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">ETP</code> - The event type -- one of
"INFO",
"ERROR", "WARNING", "AUDIT
SUCCESS" or "AUDIT FAILURE".
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">ECT</code> - The event category; this depends
on the message file. It is primarily used as a means of
filtering in the eventlog viewer.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">RS2</code> - This field should be 0.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">CRN</code> - This field should be 0.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">USL</code> - This field should be 0.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">SRC</code> - 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.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">SRN</code> - he name of the machine on
which the eventlog was generated. This is typically the
host name.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">STR</code> - The text associated with the
eventlog. There may be more than one string in a record.
</p></li><li><p>
<code class="literal">DAT</code> - This field should be left unset.
</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300454"></a><h2>EXAMPLES</h2><p>An example of the record format accepted by <code class="literal">eventlogadm</code>:</p><pre class="programlisting">
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:
</pre><p>Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:</p><pre class="programlisting">
eventlogadm -o addsource Application MyApplication | \\
%SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication.dll
</pre><p>Filter messages from the system log into an event log:</p><pre class="programlisting">
tail -f /var/log/messages | \\
my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \\
eventlogadm SystemLogEvents
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300495"></a><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id300505"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p> 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.</p></div></div></body></html>