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<refmeta>
	<refentrytitle>eventlogadm</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
	<refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
	<refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
	<refmiscinfo class="version">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
	<refname>eventlogadm</refname>
	<refpurpose>push records into the Samba event log store</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>

		<command>eventlogadm</command>
		<arg><option>-s</option></arg>
		<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
		<arg><option>-h</option></arg>
		<arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
		<literal>addsource</literal>
		<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
		<replaceable>SOURCENAME</replaceable>
		<replaceable>MSGFILE</replaceable>
		</arg>

	</cmdsynopsis>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>eventlogadm</command>
		<arg><option>-s</option></arg>
		<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
		<arg><option>-h</option></arg>
		<arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
		<literal>write</literal>
		<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
		</arg>

	</cmdsynopsis>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>eventlogadm</command>
		<arg><option>-s</option></arg>
		<arg><option>-d</option></arg>
		<arg><option>-h</option></arg>
		<arg choice="plain"><option>-o</option>
		<literal>dump</literal>
		<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
		<replaceable>RECORD_NUMBER</replaceable>
		</arg>

	</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>
	<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

	<para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>

	<para><command>eventlogadm</command> 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.</para>

</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>OPTIONS</title>

	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>
		<option>-s</option>
		<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
		The <command>-s</command> option causes <command>eventlogadm</command> to load the
		configuration file given as FILENAME instead of the default one used by Samba.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term><option>-d</option></term>
		<listitem><para>
		The <command>-d</command> option causes <command>eventlogadm</command> to emit debugging
		information.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term>
		<option>-o</option>
		<literal>addsource</literal>
		<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
		<replaceable>SOURCENAME</replaceable>
		<replaceable>MSGFILE</replaceable>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
		The <command>-o addsource</command> option creates a
		new event log source.
		</para> </listitem>
		</varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term>
		<option>-o</option>
		<literal>write</literal>
		<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
		The <command>-o write</command> reads event log
		records from standard input and writes them to the Samba
		event log store named by EVENTLOG.
		</para> </listitem>
		</varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term>
		<option>-o</option>
		<literal>dump</literal>
		<replaceable>EVENTLOG</replaceable>
		<replaceable>RECORD_NUMBER</replaceable>
		</term>
		<listitem><para>
		The <command>-o dump</command> reads event log
		records from a EVENTLOG tdb and dumps them to standard
		output on screen.
		</para> </listitem>
		</varlistentry>

		<varlistentry>
		<term><option>-h</option></term>
		<listitem><para>
		Print usage information.
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>

	</variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT</title>

	<para>For the write operation, <command>eventlogadm</command>
	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.</para>

	<para>The event log record field are:</para>
	<itemizedlist>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>LEN</command> - This field should be 0, since <command>eventlogadm</command> will calculate this value.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>RS1</command> - This must be the value 1699505740.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>RCN</command> -  This field should be 0.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>TMG</command> - The time the eventlog record
		was generated; format is the number of seconds since
		00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>TMW</command> - The time the eventlog record was
		written; format is the number of seconds since 00:00:00
		January 1, 1970, UTC.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>EID</command> - The eventlog ID.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>ETP</command> - The event type -- one of
		&quot;INFO&quot;,
		&quot;ERROR&quot;, &quot;WARNING&quot;, &quot;AUDIT
		SUCCESS&quot; or &quot;AUDIT FAILURE&quot;.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>ECT</command> - The event category; this depends
		on the message file. It is primarily used as a means of
		filtering in the eventlog viewer.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>RS2</command> - This field should be 0.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>CRN</command> - This field should be 0.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>USL</command> - This field should be 0.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>SRC</command> - 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.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>SRN</command> - The name of the machine on
		which the eventlog was generated. This is typically the
		host name.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>STR</command> - The text associated with the
		eventlog. There may be more than one string in a record.
		</para></listitem>

		<listitem><para>
		<command>DAT</command> - This field should be left unset.
		</para></listitem>

	</itemizedlist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>EXAMPLES</title>
	<para>An example of the record format accepted by <command>eventlogadm</command>:</para>

	<programlisting>
	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:
	</programlisting>

	<para>Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:</para>
	<programlisting>
	eventlogadm -o addsource Application MyApplication | \\
	    	%SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication.dll
	</programlisting>

	<para>Filter messages from the system log into an event log:</para>
	<programlisting>
	tail -f /var/log/messages | \\
		my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \\
	      	eventlogadm SystemLogEvents
	</programlisting>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>VERSION</title>
	<para>This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>AUTHOR</title>

	<para> 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.</para>
</refsect1>

</refentry>