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Change Auditor for Windows File Servers 7.1.1 - User Guide

Exclusions tab

If you do not want to exclude anything (folders or files) in the audit path from auditing, skip this tab. However, if you want to exclude a specific folder/file or group of folders/files, use the following characters to specify what is to be excluded:

Use a double asterisk (**) to specify a recursive match (find match in the folder and all subfolders in audit path; matches slash characters (\) and directory names in paths).

NOTE: Be sure to select the appropriate Add option (Folder or File) when adding an exclusion or you may not get the results expected. That is, use Add | Folder to exclude the auditing of activity against files/subfolders in folder(s) that match the exclusion string. Use Add | File to exclude the auditing of activity against file(s) that match the exclusion string.

The following tables provide some examples of file masks that can be used on the Exclusions tab of the auditing wizard. Note that <String> in these tables may contain any of the file mask characters described above (i.e., fixed characters, * or ?).

Audit Path = Folder (<Drive>:\<FolderName>\)
NOTE: When the Auditing Path is All Shares, you cannot specify to exclude an individual share or folders/files found on an individual shares; you can only specify to exclude files and/or folders which may be found on all shares. Change Auditor automatically appends *\ to the beginning of all exclusion entries when the Audit Path is All Shares.

In the following examples the Audit Path is C:\TEMP\.

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in the specified folder in the base audit path.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: <FolderName>

Example: DOCS

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\DOCS

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in all folders with a specific name, which may be found anywhere in the audit path.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName>

Example: **\MYDOCS

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\MYDOCS
C:\TEMP\DOCUMENTS\MYDOCS
C:\TEMP\DOCS\PRIVATE\MYDOCS

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in all folders that contain a specific string in their name.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: <FolderNameString>

Example 1: DOC*

Excludes:

Folders whose name begins with ‘DOC’ which are located in the base audit path.

HOME\TEMP\DOCS
HOME\TEMP\DOCUMENTS

Example 2: **DOC

Excludes:

Folders whose name ends in ‘DOC’ which may be located anywhere in the audit path.

C:\TEMP\MYDOC
C:\TEMP\DOCS\PRIVATE\DOC

Example 3: **DOC*

Excludes:

Folders whose name contains ‘DOC’ which may be located anywhere in the audit path.

C:\TEMP\DOCS
C:\TEMP\DOCUMENTS
C:\TEMP\MYDOCS
C:\TEMP\FINALDOC
C:\TEMP\PUBLIC\DOCS
C:\TEMP\TEST\BETA\DOCUMENTS

Exclude activity against files whose name contains a specific character string, which may be found anywhere in the audit path.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>*

Example: **DOC*

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\Test1.docx
C:\TEMP\Doc1.tmp
C:\TEMP\TEST\BETA\FinalDocument.pdf

Exclude activity against a specific file in the base audit path.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: <FileName.Ext>

Example: Test1.docx

Excludes: C:\TEMP\Test1.docx

Exclude activity against all files with a specific extension, which are located in the base audit path.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: *.<Ext>

Example: *.tmp

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\Doc1.tmp
C:\TEMP\Testing123.tmp

Exclude activity against all files with a specific extension, which may be found anywhere in audit path.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: **.<Ext>

Example: **.tmp

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\Doc1.tmp
C:\TEMP\DOCUMENTS\Testing.tmp
C:\TEMP\TEST\BETA\Draft1.tmp

Exclude activity against all files that contain a specific string in their name and/or file extension, which are located in the base audit path.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax:
<FileNameString>.<ExtString>

Example 1: ??word.???

Excludes:
Files whose name contains six characters and ends in ‘word’, with a three character file extension, found in the base audit path.

C:\TEMP\Myword.doc
C:\TEMP\12word.txt

Example 2: *word*.??p

Excludes:
Files whose name contains the string ‘word’, with a three character file extension that ends with the letter ‘p’.

C:\TEMP\Word.tmp
C:\TEMP\Mywordtest.tmp
C:\TEMP\Nowords.bmp

In the following examples, there are two drives: C and D.

NOTE: When the Auditing Path is All Drives, you cannot specify to exclude an individual drive or folders/files found on an individual drive; you can only specify to exclude files and/or folders which may be found on all drives. Change Auditor automatically appends *\ to the beginning of all exclusion entries when the Audit Path is All Drives.

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in a specific folder and path that may be found anywhere on all drives.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: **<Path>\<FolderName>

Example: **USERS\TEMP\DOCS

Excludes:
C:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS
D:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS
D:\SHARED\APPS\USERS\TEMP\DOCS

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in all folders with the specified folder name, which may be found anywhere on all drives.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName>

Example: **\DOCS

Excludes:
C:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS
C:\DOCUMENTS\CHANGEAUDITOR\TEST\DOCS
D:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS
D:\SHARED\APPS\USERS\TEMP\DOCS

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in all folders whose name ends in a specified string, which is located in the base audit path.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: *<FolderNameString>

Example: *DOC

Excludes:
C:\DOC
C:\TESTDOC
D:\DOC

Exclude activity against files/subfolders in all folders whose name contains a specific string of characters, which may be found anywhere on all drives.

(Add | Folder)

Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>*

Example: **DOC*

Excludes:
C:\DOCUMENTS
C:\MYDOCS
C:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS
D:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS
D:\SHARED\APPS\INSTALLDOC
D:\SHARED\APPS\USERS\TEMP\DOCS

Exclude activity against files whose name contains a specific string of characters, which may be found anywhere on all drives.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>*

Example: **DOC*

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\Test1.docx
C:\TEMP\Doc1.tmp
C:\USERS\TEMP\DOCS\Test1.doc
C:\TEMP\TEST\BETA\FinalDocument.pdf
D:\SHARED\APPS\USERS\TEMP\OldDocPlan

Exclude activity against files whose name ends with a specific string (regardless of the extension), that may be found anywhere on all drives.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: **<FileName>.*

Entering: **test1.*

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\Test1.docx
C:\DEPTS\TECHNICALDOCS\MyTest1.doc
C:\USERS\DOCS\NewTest1.docx
D:\SHARED\APPS\USERS\TEMP\Test1.xlsx

Exclude a file with a specific file name (regardless of the extension), that is found at the second level of a path on all drives.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: *\<FileName>.*

Entering: *\test1.*

Excludes:
C:\TEMP\Test1.docx
D:\SHARED\Tests1.xls

Exclude activity against all files with a specific extension, which are located in the base audit path.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: *.<Ext>

Example: *.tmp

Excludes:
C:\Doc1.tmp
C:\Testing123.tmp
D:\MyTest.tmp

Exclude activity against all files with the specified file extension found anywhere on all drives.

(Add | File)

Exclusion Syntax: **.<Ext>

Example: **.pdf

Excludes:
C:\DOCUMENTS\Test123.pdf
C:\TEST\DOCS\Current.pdf
C:\TEMP\TEST\BETA\FinalDocument.pdf
D:\ReleaseHistory.pdf
D:\SHARED\APPS\WhatsNew.pdf

 

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