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A user can "hook up" a drive to the server - let's say F - so that the users

F-drive is the servers C-drive.

 

When the user then deletes some files or folders the ydo NOT go to neither

the bin on the server nor the bin on the users pc.

 

How can I get a log of "who deleted what and when" on the server ?

 

Best regards

KSor, Denmark

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Guest Dave Patrick
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Re: Logging users activity

 

Turn on some file/folder auditing.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301640

 

 

 

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"KSor" wrote:

>A user can "hook up" a drive to the server - let's say F - so that the

>users F-drive is the servers C-drive.

>

> When the user then deletes some files or folders the ydo NOT go to neither

> the bin on the server nor the bin on the users pc.

>

> How can I get a log of "who deleted what and when" on the server ?

>

> Best regards

> KSor, Denmark

>

>

Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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Re: Logging users activity

 

KSor <keld.soerensenDELETETHIS@psa.dk> wrote:

> A user can "hook up" a drive to the server - let's say F - so that

> the users F-drive is the servers C-drive.

 

Yes, they can map a drive to a share, but only if they have permissions to

do so. I'd hope your server's system volume was not shared over the network

with end users.

>

> When the user then deletes some files or folders the ydo NOT go to

> neither the bin on the server nor the bin on the users pc.

 

That's always the case when someone deletes data across the network.

Presuming at least Windows 2003, if you use the Volume Shadow Copy Service

on the server volume in question, you can at least restore from a snapshot

backup.

>

> How can I get a log of "who deleted what and when" on the server ?

>

> Best regards

> KSor, Denmark

 

As Dave wrote, enable auditing. But note that this is not going to help you

determine who did something *before* auditing was enabled, and also note

that reviewing the event logs will be very, very tedious.


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