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How do you get logs regarding a deleted or modified file?

jabirabdulkader
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How to get logs do you get logs regarding deleting or modifying file / Folder from servers?

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adonio
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many answers regarding this use case in this portal
quick search provided some links:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/561699/how-can-i-determine-who-deleted-a-file-from-a-shar.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/477055/how-to-detect-when-files-are-deleted-modified-or-r.html
https://www.splunk.com/blog/2013/07/08/audit-file-access-and-change-in-windows.html

in any case, you will have to enable auditing at the relevant directory(ies)

note: it can become very chatty data when you enable plenty of auditing rules on large / often approached file systems

hope it helps

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