Logging file transfers

[Gerald Carter]

Jarrod Sayers wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are currently running a student shares server with 
> Samba and have recently had people storing files in their 
> areas that shouldnt be there.  Our main IT unit has asked 
> for logs of when these files are being accessed.  This is 
> too late now but for next semester, is there a way of 
> logging just the file name, action and user so we can 
> combat this in the future.  Is it something that
> could be simply written?

This should be possible by catching the file open.  I would
recommend making this a service level parameter as you 
will probably take a performance hit due to extra disk IO 
caused by logging.






Cheers, jerry
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