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CHAPTER 10 Adding Optional Functionality to Adaptive Server

where path_to_partition is the path to the raw partition for the device.

3 Enter the full path name of a physical device.

If you enter an operating system file name, the following warning appears:

WARNING: '/secret1/sybase_dr/install/audlog' is a regular file, which is not recommended for a Server device.

4 Press Return to acknowledge this warning.

auditinit displays the Add/Change a New Device for Auditing menu and the value you selected for the physical name of the device.

ADD/CHANGE A NEW DEVICE FOR AUDITING 1.sybsecurity physical device name:

/secret1/sybase_dr/install/auditlog.dat 2.Logical name of the device:

3.Size of the device: 4.Device size for auditing:

5Proceed through the remaining items on this menu. As you do so, be aware of the following:

•Sybase recommends a minimum size of 2MB for the size of the transaction log.

•auditinit displays the size in both Size of the Device and in Device Size for Auditing in the Add/Change a New Device for Auditing menu.

•The Device Size for Auditing default value is equal to the size of the device, based on the assumption that you may want to devote the entire device to log for the auditing task. If you want to use only a subset of the device, you can edit the Size of the Device value.

6Press Ctrl+A to accept the settings displayed in the Add/Change a New Device for Auditing menu.

auditinit returns to the Configure Auditing menu and displays all the devices you have created.

CONFIGURE AUDITING

1.Configure auditing: yes

2.Add a device for audit table(s)

3.Add a device for the audit database transaction log

4.Delete a device entry

5.Change a device entry

List of devices for the audit tables:

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