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  • redhat 7.2 with samba 4.2.3 full audit

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    I am having problem where the samba audit is getting/recording too much info and some times it duplicates.

    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|get_nt_acl|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|get_alloc_size|ok|0
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|kernel_flock|ok|SOA3616.tmp
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|realpath|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|connectpath|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|file_id_create|ok|fd03:83:0
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|get_nt_acl|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|get_nt_acl|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|file_id_create|ok|fd03:83:0
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|create_file|ok|0x100080|file|open|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|stat|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|sys_acl_get_file|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|get_nt_acl|ok|.
    Feb 3 11:58:43 server smbd_audit: nasaudit|MYDOMAIN\abar|192.168.1.168|it02|get_alloc_size|ok|0

    I have update the samba conf to reduce the info it records but it dose not seem to work.

    My samba conf - details entered relating to samba audit as follow

    [global]
    .
    .
    syslog = 0
    log file = /var/log/samba/%m
    Log level = 0 vfs:0
    max log size = 0

    [admin]
    Comment = General Global Share
    path = /shares/admin
    browsable = yes
    writeable = yes
    read only = no

        vfs objects = full_audit
        full_audit:prefix = nasaudit|%u|%I|%m
        full_audit:success = mkdir rmdir pwrite ulink rename
        full_audit:failure = mkdir rmdir pwrite ulink rename
    

    nt acl support = yes

    inherit acls = yes

    inherit owner = yes

    inherit permissions = yes

    map acl inherit = yes

    store dos attributes = Yes

        guest ok  = no
        create mask = 0777
        directory mask =0777
        users = @"Domain Users","@Domain Admins"
    

    mkdir rmdir pwrite ulink rename

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