Forwarding Windows Events via stunnel to a UNIX/Linux syslogd
Windows Event Log data can securely be forwarded to a UNIX/Linux based syslogd via stunnel. This article describes why and how this can be done. It is a mini-howto that […]
Performance Optimizing Syslog Server
Performance Optimizing Syslog Server Do you want to receive syslog in a Windows environment? Take a look at WinSyslog! Receive, process and store your syslog data from routers, firewalls or […]
Error on startup (Error event ID: 7026) explained.
Many Adiscon products (e.g. WinSyslog, EventReporter or MonitorWare Agent) are available in a 30 days trial version. After this time, the Service will stop working and if you are not […]
What are the various Kerberos error codes?
Windows event log entries often contain Kerberos failure codes (for an example, please see security event 676). These failure codes are the original error codes from the Kerberos RFC 1510 […]
Common uses
Alerting In this scenario, the primary concern is to receive alerts if specific events happen. Of course, alerting is often used together with other scenarios as alerting alone does not […]
What is the System Group?
System groups do not have specific memberships that can be modified. Each is used to represent a specific class of users or to represent the operating system itself. These groups […]
What is the CREATOR GROUP?
A placeholder in an inheritable ACE. When the ACE is inherited, the system replaces this SID with the SID for the primary group of the object’s creator. This information was […]
What is the Backup Operator?
Members can back up and restore files on all domain controllers by using Windows Backup, regardless of the permissions that protect those files. Backup Operators also can log on to […]
Why do I have two date stamps in my received message?
A typical entry in WinSyslog’s log file looks as follows: 2001-02-15,17:09:35,192.168.2.1,23,5,74: *Mar 3 17:51:09.270 Central: > %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by vty0 As you can see, there are two timestamps […]
EventLog ID 115 – ODBC Error codes
If you get an error with the Event ID 115, an error occured while logging into the ODBC-Database. WinSyslog then writes the error code in the NTEventLog-Text. See the table […]