Here, we will see how to enable auditing for object access on a MS Windows Server 2008 DC and a client of the domain through GPO. To enable auditing, follow these steps: a) Open Group Policy Management Console. B) Go to the concerned domain and expand the node against it. C) Go to the Group Policy Objects and right-click on it. D) Select New from the popup menu. On the Choose A Deployment Configuration page, choose Create A New Domain In A New Forest and click Next 12. On the Name The Forest Root Domain page, type NewInnovations.com and click Next 13. On the Set Forest Functional Level page, select Windows 2008 Server from the drop-down list and click Next 14. Event Logging policy settings in Windows Server 2008 and Vista. The Log File Path policy setting, when enabled, allows you to provide a specific location where the Event Log service writes its log file. You must provided path and filename when relocating where Windows writes the log file. Next is the Maximum Log file size policy.
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Mike here again. Today I’m focusing on policy settings for the Event Logging Service.
- Forward Event Log from several server to a central Windows 2008 server. Then we’re ready to add Subscriptions to the collector server. Login to the collector, add the Event Viewer MMC, right-click Subscriptions and choose Create Subscription: Here you can choose some various settings. When adding Collector initiated computers.
- Manage group accounts with Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy. I described how to configure Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy to permit account auditing. These events include Group.
For clarity, these settings control the Event Logging service; the service responsible for capturing and writing events throughout Windows. These policy settings do not affect the Event Viewer application.
These are some powerful policy settings that allow you to configure five settings for Application, Security, Setup, and System event logs. These categories and their policy settings are located under Computer ConfigurationPoliciesAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsEvent Log Service.
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The Log File Path policy setting, when enabled, allows you to provide a specific location where the Event Log service writes its log file. You must provided path and filename when relocating where Windows writes the log file.
Next is the Maximum Log file size policy. When enabled, this policy allows you to specify the maximum size of the event log. It supports sizes between one megabyte and two terabytes and uses one-kilobyte increments.
Figure 1 Event Log Service Policy Settings
The next two policy settings are related. The Event Logging service uses the Retain old events and Backup log automatically when full policy settings when the event log reaches the maximum file size (defaults to 20 MB or the value specified in the Maximum Log size policy setting). With the Retain Old Events policy setting enabled, the Event Logging service stops writing new events to the event log when the log file reaches or exceeds the maximum value and you lose all new events. With this policy setting disabled, new events overwrite old events. When you enabling the Backup log automatically when full and the Retain old events policy settings, the Event Log service closes the current event log, renames it, and then creates a new log. The Backup log automatically when full policy setting works only when you enable Retain old events policy setting.
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Figure 2 Maximum Log Size Policy Setting
The last setting and one that I think is the most beneficial is the Log Access setting. Enabling this setting allows you to enter a security descriptor for the log file. The security descriptor controls who can read, write, or clear the event log. You enter the security descriptor using Security Definition Description Language (SDDL), which is document on MSDN(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/secauthz/security/security_descriptor_string_format.asp). Also, my esteemed colleague Jim provides a two-part blog series about SDDL (http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/04/18/the-security-descriptor-definition-language-of-love-part-1.aspx and http://blogs.technet.com/askds/archive/2008/05/07/the-security-descriptor-definition-language-of-love-part-2.aspx).
Finally, I should mention that these new policy settings have precedence over the older Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP security policy setting that manage Event Logs. Both settings can exist in the same Group Policy object and apply only to the respective operating systems for the policy setting.
These new policy settings for the Event Logging service provide more flexibility and control from earlier versions. Using Group Policy to control where event logs are written, how large they can grow, how they are preserved, and who can manage them are key to change control and security auditing. You can implement these policy settings in your existing Group Policy objects and they will not affect operating systems earlier than Windows Vista.
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In a previous tip, I described how to configure Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy to permit account auditing for user accounts. You can perform a similar configuration for group objects. It can be very important to monitor group objects, mainly to prevent unplanned assignment of administrative or other group membership.
To locate this Group Policy setting, go to Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Advanced Audit Policy Configuration | Account Management | Security Group Management. (See Figure A.)Figure A![Server 2008 r2 gpo Server 2008 r2 gpo](/uploads/1/2/6/4/126428048/974635196.jpg)
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Once you configure Security Group auditing, events are sent to the Security log; these events include Group Creation, Group Membership Changes, or Type Changes. To test this configuration, I set up a test server and assigned the Guest User membership to the local Administrators group. Clearly, this is something that administrators would want to know about, and the log is there to prove it.Configuring Group Policy In Windows 2008 Server Event Id
Figure B shows the Guest User being added to the group.Local Group Policy In Windows 10
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The log entry also shows who performed the task, which in the example above was the WIN-5E1BBEM4KP8Administrator username (Local administrator on the server). You can place filtering on these events; you can also place forwarding on these events to aggregate the data for this type of audit event.
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