Configure object-level auditing - Manual configuration

Using Windows shares

Right-click on the share folder that you want to audit, select Properties, and then click on the Security tab → Select Advanced, and then click on the Auditing tab → For the Everyone group, add the following entries:

	Principal	Type	Access	Applies To
File/folder changes	Everyone	Success, Failure	Create files / Write Data Create folders / Append data Write attributes Write extended attributes Delete sub folders and files Delete	This Folder, sub folders, and files
Folder permission and owner changes	Everyone	Success, Failure	Take ownership Change permissions	This Folder and sub folders
File read	Everyone	Success, Failure	List folder / Read data	Files only
Folder read failure	Everyone	Failure	List folder / Read data	This Folder and sub folders

Using PowerShell cmdlets

Go to the <installation directory>\bin folder within the PowerShell command prompt → Type in ADAP-Set-SACL.ps1 → Follow the steps to apply object-level auditing to shares on the file server.

• Create a CSV file that lists the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths or local paths of all files and folders for which you want to enable File Server Auditing (FA).
• The CSV file should list the files/folders in the following format: <file/folder>,FA

Example:

\\SERVERNAME\folder,FA

C:\test folder,FA

E:\test file.txt,FA

Once you have the CSV file ready with all the required paths, open PowerShell and navigate to the <Installation Directory>\bin folder.

Type in:

.\ADAP-Set-SACL.ps1 -file '.\file name' -mode add (or) remove -recurse true (or) false -username DOMAIN_NAME\username

Where

parameter	input variable	mandatory
-file	name of the CSV file containing the list of shared folders	yes
-mode	add - sets the object-level auditing settings (or) remove - removes the object-level auditing settings	yes
-recurse	true - Replace all sub-folder object-level auditing settings with inheritable auditing settings applied to the chosen folder. (or) false - Apply object-level auditing settings only to the chosen folder  Note: By default, the -recurse parameter is set to false	no
-username	DOMAIN_NAME\username of the user with privilege over the file or folder to set the object-level auditing settings. (No cross-domain support)	no

Note: When removing object-level auditing for a set of folders, the -type parameter 'FA' is not mandatory.

For example:

• To set object-level auditing for the list of folders in the shared_folders_list.CSV file, use:
  .\ADAP-Set-SACL.ps1 -file '.\shared_folders_list.CSV' -mode add
• To replace all sub-folder object-level auditing settings with inheritable auditing settings applied to the shared_folders_list.CSV file, use:
  .\ADAP-Set-SACL.ps1 -file '.\shared_folders_list.CSV' -mode add -recurse true
• To remove object-level auditing for the list of folders in the shared_folders_list.CSV file, use:
  .\ADAP-Set-SACL.ps1 -file '.\shared_folders_list.CSV' -mode remove