Files/folders can be excluded based on File/folder local path, file type, process name, and user name by using the Exclude Configuration setting.
Log in to ADAudit Plus' web console → Go to the File Audit tab, navigate to the left pane, click on Configuration and then on Exclude Configuration → Choose to exclude by File/Folder local path, File Type, Process Name, or Users → Click on '+', and configure the necessary settings.
Example scenarios, to exclude by File/Folder local path:
| Objective |
To exclude a folder and all of its subfolders and files |
| Share configured |
| Share path |
Local path |
| \\SERVER_NAME\share_name |
C:\sharefolder |
|
| Path of folder that is to be excluded |
C:\sharefolder\excludefolder |
| File/Folder or Regex Patterns |
File/Folder Patterns |
| Syntax |
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\*
|
| What will get excluded |
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\files.txt
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder\files.txt
|
| What won''t get excluded |
|
| Objective |
To exclude "AppData" folder for every user profile |
| Share and folder path |
\\SERVER_NAME\Users C:\Users |
| Path of folder that is to be excluded |
C:\Users\user1\AppData |
| File/Folder or Regex Patterns |
Regex Patterns |
| Syntax |
C:\\Users\\[^\\]*\\AppData |
| What will get excluded |
- C:\Users\user1\AppData
- C:\Users\user2\AppData
- C:\Users\user1\AppData\subfolder
- C:\Users\user2\AppData\subfolder
|
| What won''t get excluded |
- C:\Users\user1\subfolder\AppData
- C:\Users\user2\subfolder\AppData
|
| Objective |
To exclude files from a specific folder but audit all subfolders and its contents |
| Share and folder path |
\\SERVER_NAME\share_name C:\sharefolder |
| Path of folder that is to be excluded |
C:\sharefolder\excludefolder |
| File/Folder or Regex Patterns |
Regex Patterns |
| Syntax |
^C:\\sharefolder\\excludefolder\\[^\\]*\.[^\\]*$ |
| What will get excluded |
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\file.txt
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot
|
| What won''t get excluded |
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot\subfolder
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folderWithoutDot\testfile.txt
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot\subfolder
- C:\sharefolder\excludefolder\folder.withDot\testfile.txt
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