1EVENTLOGADM(8)            System Administration tools           EVENTLOGADM(8)
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NAME

6       eventlogadm - push records into the Samba event log store
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SYNOPSIS

9       eventlogadm [-s] [-d] [-h] -o addsource EVENTLOG SOURCENAME MSGFILE
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11       eventlogadm [-s] [-d] [-h] -o write EVENTLOG
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13       eventlogadm [-s] [-d] [-h] -o dump EVENTLOG RECORD_NUMBER
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DESCRIPTION

16       This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
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18       eventlogadm is a filter that accepts formatted event log records on
19       standard input and writes them to the Samba event log store. Windows
20       client can then manipulate these record using the usual administration
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OPTIONS

24       -s FILENAME
25           The -s option causes eventlogadm to load the configuration file
26           given as FILENAME instead of the default one used by Samba.
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28       -d
29           The -d option causes eventlogadm to emit debugging information.
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31       -o addsource EVENTLOG SOURCENAME MSGFILE
32           The -o addsource option creates a new event log source.
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34       -o write EVENTLOG
35           The -o write reads event log records from standard input and writes
36           them to the Samba event log store named by EVENTLOG.
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38       -o dump EVENTLOG RECORD_NUMBER
39           The -o dump reads event log records from a EVENTLOG tdb and dumps
40           them to standard output on screen.
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42       -h
43           Print usage information.
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EVENTLOG RECORD FORMAT

46       For the write operation, eventlogadm expects to be able to read
47       structured records from standard input. These records are a sequence of
48       lines, with the record key and data separated by a colon character.
49       Records are separated by at least one or more blank line.
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51       The event log record field are:
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53              •   LEN - This field should be 0, since eventlogadm will
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56              •   RS1 - This must be the value 1699505740.
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58              •   RCN - This field should be 0.
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60              •   TMG - The time the eventlog record was generated; format is
61                  the number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.
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64                  the number of seconds since 00:00:00 January 1, 1970, UTC.
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66              •   EID - The eventlog ID.
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68              •   ETP - The event type -- one of "INFO", "ERROR", "WARNING",
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71              •   ECT - The event category; this depends on the message file.
72                  It is primarily used as a means of filtering in the eventlog
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75              •   RS2 - This field should be 0.
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77              •   CRN - This field should be 0.
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79              •   USL - This field should be 0.
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81              •   SRC - This field contains the source name associated with
82                  the event log. If a message file is used with an event log,
83                  there will be a registry entry for associating this source
84                  name with a message file DLL.
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86              •   SRN - The name of the machine on which the eventlog was
87                  generated. This is typically the host name.
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89              •   STR - The text associated with the eventlog. There may be
90                  more than one string in a record.
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EXAMPLES

95       An example of the record format accepted by eventlogadm:
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97                LEN: 0
98                RS1: 1699505740
99                RCN: 0
100                TMG: 1128631322
101                TMW: 1128631322
102                EID: 1000
103                ETP: INFO
104                ECT: 0
105                RS2: 0
106                CRN: 0
107                USL: 0
108                SRC: cron
109                SRN: dmlinux
110                STR: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
111                DAT:
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114       Set up an eventlog source, specifying a message file DLL:
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116                eventlogadm -o addsource Application MyApplication | \\
117                     %SystemRoot%/system32/MyApplication.dll
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120       Filter messages from the system log into an event log:
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122                tail -f /var/log/messages | \\
123                     my_program_to_parse_into_eventlog_records | \\
124                          eventlogadm SystemLogEvents
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VERSION

128       This man page is part of version 4.18.9 of the Samba suite.
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AUTHOR

131       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
132       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open
133       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
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137Samba 4.18.9                      11/30/2023                    EVENTLOGADM(8)