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    Exclude configuration

    Files and folders can be excluded based on file/folder local path, file type, process name, and username by using the Exclude Configuration setting.

    • Log in to the ADAudit Plus web console. 
    • Go to the Server Audit tab > Configured Servers > File Integrity > Add Domain > Select Domain. 
    • Choose a domain from the drop-down. Choose to exclude by File/Folder local path, File Type, Process Name, or Users.
    • Click on + and configure the necessary settings.

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    Example scenarios to exclude by File/Folder path:

    Objective To exclude a folder and all of its subfolders and files
    Share configured  Share path Local path
    \\SERVERNAME\c$\fimfolder  c:\fimfolder
    Path of folder that is to be excluded  c:\fimfolder\excludefolder
    File/Folder or regex patterns  File/Folder patterns
    Syntax
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder 
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\*
    What will be excluded
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folder
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\files.txt
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folder\files.txt
    What won't be excluded -

    Objective To exclude the "AppData" folder for every user profile
    Share and folder path  \\SERVER_NAME\c$\Users c:\Users
    Path of folder that is to be excluded  C:\Users\user1\AppData
    File/Folder or regex patterns  Regex Patterns
    Syntax C:\\Users\\[^\\]*\\AppData
    What will be excluded
    • C:\Users\user1\AppData
    • C:\Users\user2\AppData
    • C:\Users\user1\AppData\subfolder
    • C:\Users\user2\AppData\subfolder
    What won't be excluded
    • C:\Users\user1\subfolder\AppData
    • C:\Users\user2\subfolder\AppData

    Objective To exclude files from a specific folder but audit all subfolders and their contents
    Share and folder path  \\SERVERNAME\c$\fimfolder c:\fimfolder
    Path of folder that is to be excluded  c:\fimfolder\excludefolder
    File/Folder or regex patterns  Regex Patterns
    Syntax ^c:\\fimfolder\\excludefolder\\[^\\]*\.[^\\]*$
    What will be excluded
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\file.txt
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot
    What won't be excluded
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot\subfolder
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot\testfile.txt
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot\subfolder
    • c:\fimfolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot\testfile.txt

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