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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 30, 2026

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Improved clarity for audit journal VP entries related to NETSMBSVR

Currently when *NETSMBSVR is enabled in QAUDLVL, if a user browses to the IBM i server using File Explorer (i.e. \\servername\) a list of available shares will be retrieved and displayed in File Explorer.  On the server side a VP entry is created for each share, indicating that this user has connected to each share.  This is misleading as the user has not actually opened those shares, they've only been presented with a list of shares.  If I'm using the audit journal VP entries to determine which shares are actively being used, in an effort to remove unused shares, audit journal behavior obscures the important truth about actual share usage.  The usefulness of these journal entries would be greatly enhanced if there were a column to indicate whether the user actually connected to the share, rather than just listed out the share's existence.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Jul 14, 2026
    .The VP-C audit record type is only generated by the server when a real client connection is established to the server or the share. In the use case described, the client must be connecting to each of the listed shares under the covers to collect some information about the share.

    You may want to collect a network trace of the client to check for Tree Connect and Disconnect operations. Those are the client requests that are directly tied to the VP-C and VP-E audit record types related to share usage. You may not see Tree Disconnect operations in all cases. Any active share connections are also closed when the client ends the server connection.

    No server changes are needed because the audit records already work as requested. Graphical interface clients just sometimes do things on behalf of the user in the background.

    -- IBM i NetServer development team
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  • Guest
    Jul 14, 2026

    HI, I can see you problem but there is a use for tracking the enumeration of shares on NetServer.

    Based on my understanding of what you would like to acheive, I recommend you use Authority Collection Service to assist in determining if your shares are being used and if so by whom.

    I hope this helps
    Steve Bradshaw
    The Friendly Techie

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