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.\"     Title: eventlogadm
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section]
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.\"      Date: 02/22/2010
.\"    Manual: System Administration tools
.\"    Source: Samba 3.3
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "EVENTLOGADM" "8" "02/22/2010" "Samba 3\&.3" "System Administration tools"
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.SH "Name"
eventlogadm \- push records into the Samba event log store
.SH "Synopsis"
.fam C
.HP \w'\ 'u
\FCeventlogadm\F[] [\fB\-d\fR] [\fB\-h\fR] \fB\-o\fR\ \FCaddsource\F[]\ \fIEVENTLOG\fR\ \fISOURCENAME\fR\ \fIMSGFILE\fR
.fam
.fam C
.HP \w'\ 'u
\FCeventlogadm\F[] [\fB\-d\fR] [\fB\-h\fR] \fB\-o\fR\ \FCwrite\F[]\ \fIEVENTLOG\fR
.fam
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This tool is part of the
\fBsamba\fR(1)
suite\&.
.PP
\FCeventlogadm\F[]
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\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-d\fR
.RS 4
The
\FC\-d\F[]
option causes
\FCeventlogadm\F[]
to emit debugging information\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR \FCaddsource\F[] \fIEVENTLOG\fR \fISOURCENAME\fR \fIMSGFILE\fR
.RS 4
The
\FC\-o addsource\F[]
option creates a new event log source\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o\fR \FCwrite\F[] \fIEVENTLOG\fR
.RS 4
The
\FC\-o write\F[]
reads event log records from standard input and writes them to the Samba event log store named by EVENTLOG\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h\fR
.RS 4
Print usage information\&.
.RE
.SH "EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT"
.PP
For the write operation,
\FCeventlogadm\F[]
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\&.
.PP
The event log record field are:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCLEN\F[]
\- This field should be 0, since
\FCeventlogadm\F[]
will calculate this value\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCRS1\F[]
\- This must be the value 1699505740\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCRCN\F[]
\- This field should be 0\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCTMG\F[]
\- The time the eventlog record was generated; format is the number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCTMW\F[]
\- The time the eventlog record was written; format is the number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCEID\F[]
\- The eventlog ID\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCETP\F[]
\- The event type \-\- one of "INFO", "ERROR", "WARNING", "AUDIT SUCCESS" or "AUDIT FAILURE"\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCECT\F[]
\- The event category; this depends on the message file\&. It is primarily used as a means of filtering in the eventlog viewer\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCRS2\F[]
\- This field should be 0\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCCRN\F[]
\- This field should be 0\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCUSL\F[]
\- This field should be 0\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCSRC\F[]
\- 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\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCSRN\F[]
\- The name of the machine on which the eventlog was generated\&. This is typically the host name\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCSTR\F[]
\- The text associated with the eventlog\&. There may be more than one string in a record\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}

\FCDAT\F[]
\- This field should be left unset\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
An example of the record format accepted by
\FCeventlogadm\F[]:
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        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:
        
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.sp 1
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.ps +1
.if n \{\
.RE
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.PP
Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.fam C
.ps -1
.nf
.if t \{\
.sp -1
.\}
.BB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline
.sp -1

        eventlogadm \-o addsource Application MyApplication | \e\e
                %SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication\&.dll
        
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.if t \{\
.sp 1
.\}
.fi
.fam
.ps +1
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
Filter messages from the system log into an event log:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.fam C
.ps -1
.nf
.if t \{\
.sp -1
.\}
.BB lightgray adjust-for-leading-newline
.sp -1

        tail \-f /var/log/messages | \e\e
                my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \e\e
                eventlogadm SystemLogEvents
        
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.SH "VERSION"
.PP
This man page is correct for version 3\&.0\&.25 of the Samba suite\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
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\&.