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Not Present is displayed as the username in the NAS Audit Logs

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS
  • CIFS auditing

Issue

Instead of seeing user names or service accounts, the CIFS audit logs show entries labeled as Not Present.

Example:

<Event>
<System>
<Provider Name="NetApp-Security-Auditing" Guid="{}"/>
<EventID>4663</EventID>
<EventName>Get Object Attributes</EventName>
<Version>101.2</Version>
<Source>NFSv3</Source>
<Level>0</Level>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
<Result>Audit Success</Result>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-01-01T00:00:00.0000000Z"/>
<Correlation/><Channel>Security</Channel>
<Computer>domain/computername</Computer>
<ComputerUUID>000000-000000-0000-0000-000000000000/000000-000000-0000-0000-000000000000</ComputerUUID>
<Security/>
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="SubjectIP" IPVersion="4">1.1.1.1</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUnix" Uid="0" Gid="0" Local="false"></Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-0-0-0-0000000000-000000000-0000000000-000000</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserIsLocal">false</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectDomainName">Not Present</Data>
<Data Name="SubjectUserName">Not Present</Data>
<Data Name="ObjectServer">Security</Data>
<Data Name="ObjectType">Directory</Data>

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