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Lesson 5 Implementing an Audit Policy
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3. In the Properties dialog box for the file or folder, on the Security tab, click
Advanced.
Tip If you do not have a Security tab on the Properties dialog box for your files and folders,
you should first check to make sure that files and folders are located on a partition formatted
as NTFS. You should also make sure that if your computer is not a member of a domain, you
have turned off Simple File Sharing. To stop using Simple File Sharing, click Start, right-click
My Computer, and then click Explore. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. Click the View
tab, clear Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended), and click OK.
4. In Advanced Security Settings For dialog box for the file or folder, click the Auditing
tab. Click Add, select the users for whom you want to audit file and folder
access, and then click OK.
5. In the Auditing Entry For dialog box for the file or folder, select the Successful
check box, the Failed check box, or both for the events that you want to audit.
For a list of the events that can be audited for folders, see Figure 16-13. Table 16-
7 describes the user activity that triggers these events so you can determine when
you should audit these events.
Figure 16-13 Select events to be audited.