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eventlogadm

Samba Windows event log manager

TLDR

Create event log database
$ eventlogadm -o addsource [Application] [/var/lib/samba/eventlog]
Dump event log
$ eventlogadm -o dump [Application]
Write event to log
$ eventlogadm -o write [Application] [message]

SYNOPSIS

eventlogadm [options] operation [args]

DESCRIPTION

eventlogadm is a Samba utility for managing Windows-compatible event logs on Unix systems. It allows creating, reading, and writing event log databases that Windows clients can access.The tool works with Samba's implementation of the Windows Event Log service. Event logs are stored in TDB (Trivial Database) format and can be viewed from Windows Event Viewer.eventlogadm is useful for integrating Unix logging with Windows-centric management tools.

PARAMETERS

OPERATION

Operation: addsource, dump, write.
-o OP
Operation to perform.
-s CONF
Samba config file.
addsource NAME PATH
Create event log source.
dump NAME
Dump log contents.
write NAME MSG
Write event.

CONFIGURATION

/etc/samba/smb.conf

Samba server configuration that defines event log paths and settings.

INSTALL

sudo apt install samba
sudo dnf install samba
sudo pacman -S samba
sudo apk add samba-server
sudo zypper install samba
brew install samba
nix profile install nixpkgs#samba

CAVEATS

Requires Samba configured. Event log format specific to Windows compatibility. Storage location depends on Samba config.

HISTORY

eventlogadm is part of Samba, providing Windows event log compatibility for the Unix implementation of Windows networking protocols.

SEE ALSO

samba(7)