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Is there any way to find out the user responsible for changes to SMB shares attributes whether is from ONTAP or Windows File Explorer side

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ONTAP 9+

Answer

  • Yes, there are multiple locations to check depending on how the change was made:
    • From the ONTAP CLI of via an application leveraging ZAPI or RESTAPI, you can check the AUDIT-MLOG-TXT.GZ section in asup
      • This should provide the IP address that sent the request and user used as well as some details about the details of the command used.
    • For SMB or MSRPC(Microsoft Management Console) Cifs auditing would have needed to be setup prior, specifically for the file-share and file-ops event types.

Additional Information

NAS auditing - FAQ

Security hardening guide for NetApp ONTAP

 

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