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About This Guide

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1 Overview of the NSS Auditing Client Logger (VLOG) Utility

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1.1

Using VLOG with the NSS Auditing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
1.1.1

Logged Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9

1.1.2

Paths to Include or Exclude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9

1.1.3

File System Events to Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9

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NSS, NCP, and CIFS Event Sub-Types to Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.1.5

VIGIL Events to Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.2

Using Auditing Client Applications with the NSS Auditing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
1.2.1

Novell Sentinel Log Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

1.2.2

Third-Party Partner Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11

2 VLOG Utility Man Page

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Summary of Contents for OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2 SP2 - STORAGE SERVICES AUDITING CLIENT LOGGER UTILITY REFERENCE 04-29-2010

Page 1: ...ovdocx en 16 April 2010 AUTHORIZED DOCUMENTATION OES 2 SP2 NSS Auditing Client Logger VLOG Utility Reference Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 April 29 2010 Novell Storage ServicesTM Auditing Client Logger...

Page 2: ...and the trade laws of other countries You agree to comply with all export control regulations and to obtain any required licenses or classification to export re export or import deliverables You agre...

Page 3: ...Trademarks For Novell trademarks see the Novell Trademark and Service Mark list http www novell com company legal trademarks tmlist html Third Party Materials All third party trademarks are the prope...

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Page 5: ...9 1 1 1 Logged Output 9 1 1 2 Paths to Include or Exclude 9 1 1 3 File System Events to Monitor 9 1 1 4 NSS NCP and CIFS Event Sub Types to Monitor 10 1 1 5 VIGIL Events to Monitor 10 1 2 Using Auditi...

Page 6: ...6 OES 2 SP2 NSS Auditing Client Logger VLOG Utility Reference novdocx en 16 April 2010...

Page 7: ...kground knowledge of the host operating system is also assumed Feedback We want to hear your comments and suggestions about this manual and the other documentation included with this product Please us...

Page 8: ...8 OES 2 SP2 NSS Auditing Client Logger VLOG Utility Reference novdocx en 16 April 2010...

Page 9: ...includes Section 1 1 1 Logged Output on page 9 Section 1 1 2 Paths to Include or Exclude on page 9 Section 1 1 3 File System Events to Monitor on page 9 Section 1 1 4 NSS NCP and CIFS Event Sub Types...

Page 10: ...dule Starting or stopping the vigil cifs ko kernel module Starting or stopping the Auditing Client an internal construct of the NSS Auditing Engine Starting or stopping the Auditing Client User an int...

Page 11: ...wnload Novell Sentinel Log Manager from the Novell Download Web site http download novell com Download buildid woGGwp3Mab4 A 90 day evaluation license is available on the download site For installatio...

Page 12: ...12 OES 2 SP2 NSS Auditing Client Logger VLOG Utility Reference novdocx en 16 April 2010...

Page 13: ...rver OES 2 Support Pack 2 SP2 Linux This information is also available on the server as the vlog 8 man page Synopsis on page 14 Availability on page 14 Syntax on page 14 Description on page 15 VLOG Op...

Page 14: ...vigil start Run the NSS Auditing Client Logger vlog utility in a terminal console generally as the root user opt novell vigil bin vlog OPTIONS Stopping vlog requires a SIGTERM signal This can be done...

Page 15: ...he specified client name is added to CLIENT_ For example if you provide a 15 character client name of jasonjames12345 vlog creates a client name of CLIENT_jasonjames12345 f format NUL XML CSFV SENT Se...

Page 16: ...s are sent to stderr Each level includes the messages of the lower levels For example to set the verbose level to 22 enter opt novell vigil bin vlog V 22 The verbose messages for fatal errors configur...

Page 17: ...GIL Records of type VIGIL represent operations internal to the NSS Auditing Engine By default records of type VIGIL are not filtered from vlog s output Filter Syntax for Type VIGIL Records on page 17...

Page 18: ...l nss ko kernel module is unloaded an NSS stopped record is sent to all auditing clients CIFS_START Each time the vigil cifs ko kernel module is loaded a CIFS started record is sent to all auditing cl...

Page 19: ...s at the command line prompt opt novell vigil bin vlog p all Specifies a filter pattern that excludes all records of type VIGIL from the vlog output opt novell vigil bin vlog p all roll Specifies a fi...

Page 20: ...the auditing log The negation element is a single character that precedes the path element exclamation mark character Used to negate the filter patterns specified in a filter file when the command lin...

Page 21: ...and directory name pattern allows for the following wildcard characters Using the question mark wildcard matches any single character except for a forward slash character Using the single asterisk wi...

Page 22: ...Yes adh joke No The e group only includes e and not d aeh joke Yes a c e joke Filename Matches Yes or No a h joke Yes ach joke Yes adh joke No The c e group does not include d aeh joke Yes a d f joke...

Page 23: ...joke Yes aeh joke Yes afh joke No The e group only includes e and not f a Filename Matches Yes or No a b c d No does not match the character a a Filename Matches Yes or No a a No The in the pattern do...

Page 24: ...b c d d d d e f e f e f Yes a b b c d d d e f No Must end with the f character a b c d e e e e f No Need something between a and b c a xxx b d e e e e f No a xxx b must be followed by c a b c e f Fil...

Page 25: ...allow 6 abcb8zqrtm Yes abcdefadzqrtm Yes abcdefdefqrtm Yes abcdefqrtm Yes abchijqrtm Yes abcxyqrtm No Nothing after abc would allow xyq abcxyzdefqrtm Yes abcxyzqrtm Yes For simplicity the NSS volume n...

Page 26: ...n page 27 Event Sub Type Examples on page 28 Event Types Valid event options are DELETE CREATE OPEN CLOSE RENAME MODIFYMETADATA ADDTRUSTEE REMOVETRUSTEE SETINHERITEDRIGHTS LINK The asterisk character...

Page 27: ...cluded negated events are processed after the included non negated events In effect this list includes the OPEN and CLOSE events then excludes all events OPEN OPEN CLOSE Includes only the CLOSE event...

Page 28: ...non NSS OPEN and non NSS CLOSE events Filter Pattern Examples This section provides examples of filter patterns and a description of how each might be applied These examples are specific to entries i...

Page 29: ...EN event on the VOL1 abc def file assuming they had been included by an include rule VOL1 xyz dir Include Matches all events on any file in the VOL1 xyz dir directory Quotation marks are used to enclo...

Page 30: ...g methods to eliminate Orphaned Auditing Clients Start and stop or restart the NSS Auditing Engine or stop a specific instance of the Auditing Client Each method is described below Method 1 Stop and S...

Page 31: ...a root user who knows the Auditing Client s ClientKey The ClientKey can be specified by using vlog s c clientKey option If the c clientKey option is not specified vlog uses the default client key Zar...

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