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Using fschange to monitor files on linux server from windows splunk server

tasdienes
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I have splunk running on windows. I want to monitor the /etc directory on a linux server with fschange. Is that possible?

How would I specify the path? [fschange://servername/etc] ?

How should I enable splunk (which runs under a Windows AD domain account) to read the files on the linux server? I could share them with samba, but splunk wouldn't know how to handle the login credentials...

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mzorzi
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee


You might want to install a light forwarder in the linux server, sending the data to the Windows Indexer.

You can even decide to use a cross filesystem solution like samba, but I believe you will encounter all sorts permissions and performance problems

tasdienes
Engager

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

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