eventlogadm

Create event log database

$ eventlogadm -o addsource [Application] [/var/lib/samba/eventlog]

$ eventlogadm -o dump [Application]

$ eventlogadm -o write [Application] [message]

eventlogadm [options] operation [args]

eventlogadm is a Samba utility for managing Windows-compatible event logs on Unix systems. It allows creating, reading, and writing event log databases that Windows clients can access.
The tool works with Samba's implementation of the Windows Event Log service. Event logs are stored in TDB (Trivial Database) format and can be viewed from Windows Event Viewer.
eventlogadm is useful for integrating Unix logging with Windows-centric management tools.

OPERATION

Operation: addsource, dump, write.

Operation to perform.

Samba config file.

Create event log source.

Dump log contents.

Write event.

/etc/samba/smb.conf

Samba server configuration that defines event log paths and settings.

Requires Samba configured. Event log format specific to Windows compatibility. Storage location depends on Samba config.

eventlogadm is part of Samba, providing Windows event log compatibility for the Unix implementation of Windows networking protocols.

smbd(8), nmbd(8), samba(7)