Enable file auditing on many servers

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Enable file auditing on many servers Tina Shields 12-22-2006
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?VGluYSBTaGllbGRz?= on December 22, 2006, 2:21 pm
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I have 1,000 servers on which I want to enable file access auditing. I tried
to use a GPO; however, this method replaced the permissions on the files. I
want to just add auditing to the SACL.

Am I missing something in the GPO? Can I use a registry key to turn this on?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Tina

Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on December 22, 2006, 3:46 pm
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Tina,

Use the Security Template snapin to define the desired auditing.
As you discovered, attempts to set filesystem NTFS audit will
automatically define a DACL as well as the SACL you are after.
After you have saved the template, just go in with a text editor
and delete the DACL part, leaving only the SACLpart in the SDDL
generated. The template may then be imported into a GPO for broad
application. You may want to look up the syntax of SDDL on the
msdn.microsoft.com site to guide you. (Note, it is best to not
apply NTFS settings in a GPO that carries other settings, since
when these are changed, reapplication will be triggered, potentially
causing repeated, needless, filesystem passes over large storage).

Roger
>I have 1,000 servers on which I want to enable file access auditing. I
>tried
> to use a GPO; however, this method replaced the permissions on the files.
> I
> want to just add auditing to the SACL.
>
> Am I missing something in the GPO? Can I use a registry key to turn this
> on?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina



Posted by B-Man on December 22, 2006, 5:30 pm
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1000 servers eh? ( im canadian )

that seems an awfully large amount and with a network size that big you
likely have IT Professionals to help you with that. talk to them first and
then ask us for a second opignion. your Network may have a few policies that
might make our advice useless or problem causing, in addition to you getting
into trouble.

TALK TO THE PROS FIRST !!!
Brian M

>I have 1,000 servers on which I want to enable file access auditing. I
>tried
> to use a GPO; however, this method replaced the permissions on the files.
> I
> want to just add auditing to the SACL.
>
> Am I missing something in the GPO? Can I use a registry key to turn this
> on?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina



Posted by =?Utf-8?B?VGluYSBTaGllbGRz?= on January 2, 2007, 9:29 am
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Roger,

Thanks for the info. I'll test this in my lab.

Best regards,

Tina

"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:

>
> Tina,
>
> Use the Security Template snapin to define the desired auditing.
> As you discovered, attempts to set filesystem NTFS audit will
> automatically define a DACL as well as the SACL you are after.
> After you have saved the template, just go in with a text editor
> and delete the DACL part, leaving only the SACLpart in the SDDL
> generated. The template may then be imported into a GPO for broad
> application. You may want to look up the syntax of SDDL on the
> msdn.microsoft.com site to guide you. (Note, it is best to not
> apply NTFS settings in a GPO that carries other settings, since
> when these are changed, reapplication will be triggered, potentially
> causing repeated, needless, filesystem passes over large storage).
>
> Roger


Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 3, 2007, 3:41 am
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I happened to have just been at the SDDL doc, so here is link
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa379567.aspx
You would just remove the D:xx(yyy) part
Roger

> Roger,
>
> Thanks for the info. I'll test this in my lab.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tina
>
> "Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
>
>>
>> Tina,
>>
>> Use the Security Template snapin to define the desired auditing.
>> As you discovered, attempts to set filesystem NTFS audit will
>> automatically define a DACL as well as the SACL you are after.
>> After you have saved the template, just go in with a text editor
>> and delete the DACL part, leaving only the SACLpart in the SDDL
>> generated. The template may then be imported into a GPO for broad
>> application. You may want to look up the syntax of SDDL on the
>> msdn.microsoft.com site to guide you. (Note, it is best to not
>> apply NTFS settings in a GPO that carries other settings, since
>> when these are changed, reapplication will be triggered, potentially
>> causing repeated, needless, filesystem passes over large storage).
>>
>> Roger
>



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