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« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2010, 04:07:21 PM »

I can the username and ip from the security log but there is no way to tie them together conclusively.

The crux of the issue is:

Nothing in the event log ties a user to a computer. If I have the Same ID logging on at the same time there is no way (that I see) to tie them together conclusively.

You can get the user name and IP from the logs. You can tie the IP to a certain computer. Then you know the computer and user that were used to delete the files on the server. You won't see that in the logs (as you said), but you can tie them together using the commands that were mentioned earlier in this thread. You still won't be able to see who actually did it though.

Maybe you can somehow monitor network activity and see who's doing it. But you would have to come up with something to capture the event and make some kind of alarm go off, then quickly check who's at the computer. This means you would have to catch the guy in the act.

I would just permanently ban shared accounts. You won't catch the guy responsible, but you will prevent this from happening again. I know you said you're not allowed to change it, but still.
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« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2010, 06:39:25 PM »

If the scenario is that many different persons use the same user account on a computer, then there should be hardly a possibility to determine which person is at the moment using the account. One solution would be a webcam which is enabled or some sort of spy cam. If you know each person very well you could analyze logs and look for visited websites etc. as you could maybe match it to a certain person.

Wow, those are all good suggestions!  I wish I would have thought about that. Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley (I'm just teasing you)
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« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2010, 07:33:25 PM »

I just ran a small experiment, and the IP or Computer Name did NOT appear in my Object Access audit logs.   Only the user name was available. 

Here is what I would do:

1.  Make a business case why shared user accounts are ridiculous.

2.  If you fail at number 1, deploy some sort of host-based IDS to monitor sensitive directories.  (Tripwire, GFI, etc).

3.  Write something yourself.
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« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2010, 01:14:26 AM »

Wow, those are all good suggestions!  I wish I would have thought about that. Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley (I'm just teasing you)

Seems I should have read again the already given answers and not only read it once at the very beginning. Lips sealed
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