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 Share folder access log
How to monitor a share folder, who access( Read or write) in windows 2003? what service am going to enable?

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ASKED: February 21, 2012  5:48 AM
UPDATED: February 27, 2012  8:01 PM

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Click Computer management > system tools > shared folders > Shares or if u want to see which user is connected to comp click computer management > system tools > shared folders > sessions even u can see what shared files r opened now, follow the same steps as above just change open files instead of sessions. It is best to define a group policy for that issue. For this, click computer configuration > policies > windows settings > security settings > local policies > audit policy > audit object access, here u check define these…. settingsā€ & again check success and failure boxes. If u feel this is a long process / face probs, then simply use ShareWatch which helps u lot and free

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Be sure to enable auditing only when you really need it, and only on the objects you really need to monitor. Audit logs can grow really fast.

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