smb_traffic_analyzer 8 Samba System Administration tools 3.3 vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer log Samba VFS read and write operations through a socket to a helper application vfs objects = smb_traffic_analyzer This VFS module is part of the samba 7 suite. The vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer VFS module logs client write and read operations on a Samba server and sends this data over a socket to a helper program, which feeds a SQL database. More information on the helper programs can be obtained from the homepage of the project at: http://holger123.wordpress.com/smb-traffic-analyzer/ vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer currently is aware of the following VFS operations: write pwrite read pread vfs_smb_traffic_analyzer sends the following data in a fixed format seperated by a comma through either an internet or a unix domain socket: BYTES|USER|DOMAIN|READ/WRITE|SHARE|FILENAME|TIMESTAMP Description of the records: BYTES - the length in bytes of the VFS operation USER - the user who initiated the operation DOMAIN - the domain of the user READ/WRITE - either "W" for a write operation or "R" for read SHARE - the name of the share on which the VFS operation occured FILENAME - the name of the file that was used by the VFS operation TIMESTAMP - a timestamp, formatted as "yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss.ms" indicating when the VFS operation occured This module is stackable. smb_traffic_analyzer:mode = STRING If STRING matches to "unix_domain_socket", the module will use a unix domain socket located at /var/tmp/stadsocket, if STRING contains an different string or is not defined, the module will use an internet domain socket for data transfer. smb_traffic_analyzer:host = STRING The module will send the data to the system named with the hostname STRING. smb_traffic_analyzer:port = STRING The module will send the data using the TCP port given in STRING. smb_traffic_analyzer:anonymize_prefix = STRING The module will replace the user names with a prefix given by STRING and a simple hash number. smb_traffic_analyzer:total_anonymization = STRING If STRING matches to 'yes', the module will replace any user name with the string given by the option smb_traffic_analyzer:anonymize_prefix, without generating an additional hash number. This means that any transfer data will be mapped to a single user, leading to a total anonymization of user related data. The module running on share "example_share", using a unix domain socket /data/example smb_traffic_analyzer unix_domain_socket The module running on share "example_share", using an internet socket, connecting to host "examplehost" on port 3491. /data/example smb_traffic_analyzer examplehost 3491 The module running on share "example_share", using an internet socket, connecting to host "examplehost" on port 3491, anonymizing user names with the prefix "User". /data/example smb_traffic_analyzer examplehost 3491 User This man page is correct for version 3.3 of the Samba suite. 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. The original version of the VFS module and the helper tools were created by Holger Hetterich.