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
    Configure object-level auditing - Manual configuration