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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
<refentry id="eventlogadm.8">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>eventlogadm</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="version">3.2</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>eventlogadm</refname>
<refpurpose>push records into the Samba event log store</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>eventlogadm</command>
<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
<arg><option>-h</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
<literal>addsource</literal>
<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
<replaceable>SOURCENAME</replaceable>
<replaceable>MSGFILE</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>eventlogadm</command>
<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
<arg><option>-h</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
<literal>write</literal>
<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
<para><command>eventlogadm</command> 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.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-d</option></term>
<listitem><para>
The <command>-d</command> option causes <command>eventlogadm</command> to emit debugging
information.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-o</option>
<literal>addsource</literal>
<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
<replaceable>SOURCENAME</replaceable>
<replaceable>MSGFILE</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem><para>
The <command>-o addsource</command> option creates a
new event log source.
</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-o</option>
<literal>write</literal>
<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem><para>
The <command>-o write</command> reads event log
records from standard input and writes them to the Samba
event log store named by EVENTLOG.
</para> </listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-h</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Print usage information.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT</title>
<para>For the write operation, <command>eventlogadm</command>
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.</para>
<para>The event log record field are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
<command>LEN</command> - This field should be 0, since <command>eventlogadm</command> will calculate this value.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>RS1</command> - This must be the value 1699505740.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>RCN</command> - This field should be 0.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>TMG</command> - The time the eventlog record
was generated; format is the number of seconds since
00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>TMW</command> - The time the eventlog record was
written; format is the number of seconds since 00:00:00
January 1, 1970, UTC.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>EID</command> - The eventlog ID.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>ETP</command> - The event type -- one of
"INFO",
"ERROR", "WARNING", "AUDIT
SUCCESS" or "AUDIT FAILURE".
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>ECT</command> - The event category; this depends
on the message file. It is primarily used as a means of
filtering in the eventlog viewer.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>RS2</command> - This field should be 0.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>CRN</command> - This field should be 0.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>USL</command> - This field should be 0.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>SRC</command> - 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.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>SRN</command> - The name of the machine on
which the eventlog was generated. This is typically the
host name.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>STR</command> - The text associated with the
eventlog. There may be more than one string in a record.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<command>DAT</command> - This field should be left unset.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>EXAMPLES</title>
<para>An example of the record format accepted by <command>eventlogadm</command>:</para>
<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:
</programlisting>
<para>Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:</para>
<programlisting>
eventlogadm -o addsource Application MyApplication | \\
%SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication.dll
</programlisting>
<para>Filter messages from the system log into an event log:</para>
<programlisting>
tail -f /var/log/messages | \\
my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \\
eventlogadm SystemLogEvents
</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>VERSION</title>
<para>This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 of the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>AUTHOR</title>
<para> 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.</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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