Windows server permissions audit

Before you set up auditing for files and folders, you must enable object access auditing. To do this, define auditing policy settings for the object access event category. If you don't enable object access auditing, you'll receive an error message when you set up auditing for files and folders, and no files or folders will be audited. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. Please note that it is recommended to turn JavaScript on for proper working of the Netwrix website. Netwrix Auditor for Windows File Servers. We care about security of your data. Privacy Policy. Native Auditing. Previous How-to. For more information about user logon auditing, see Audit Logon. Change tracking for new types of securable objects. Tracking changes to securable objects can be important in the following scenarios:. Change tracking for central access policies and central access rules.

Central access policies and central access rules define the central policy that can be used to control access to critical resources. Any change to these can directly impact the file access permissions that are granted to users on multiple computers.

Therefore, tracking changes to central access policies and central access rules can be important for your organization. For more information, see Audit Directory Service Access. Change tracking for definitions in the claim dictionary.

Claim definitions include the claim name, description, and possible values. Any change to the claim definition can impact the access permissions on critical resources. Therefore, tracking changes to claim definitions can be important to your organization.

Like central access policies and central access rules, claim definitions are stored in AD DS; therefore, they can be audited like any another securable object in AD DS. Change tracking for file attributes. File attributes determine which central access rule applies to the file.

A change to the file attributes can potentially impact the access restrictions on the file. Therefore, it can be important to track changes to file attributes. You can track changes to file attributes on any computer by configuring the authorization policy change auditing policy. In Windows Server , Event differentiates file attribute policy changes from other authorization policy change events. Chang tracking for the central access policy associated with a file.

Event displays the security identifiers SIDs of the old and new central access policies. Each central access policy also has a user friendly name that can be looked up using this security identifier.