vfs_audit(8)

vfs_audit8

Record selected samba vfs operations in the system log

Usage

vfs objects = audit

Overview

This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.

The vfs_audit VFS module records selected client operations to the system log using syslog(3).

The following Samba VFS operations are recorded:

connect

disconnect

opendir

mkdir

rmdir

open

close

rename

unlink

chmod

fchmod

This module is stackable.

Options

audit:facility = FACILITY

Log messages to the named syslog(3) facility.

audit:priority = PRIORITY

Log messages with the named syslog(3) priority.

Examples

Log operations on all shares using the LOCAL1 facility and NOTICE priority:

        [global]
	vfs objects = audit
	audit:facility = LOCAL1
	audit:priority = NOTICE

Version

This man page is part of version 4.25.1 of the Samba suite.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

Author

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.

From samba 2:4.25.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.