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CIFS Fetcher

CIFS Fetcher allows you to fetch log files from a shared Windows directory. It uses the Common Internet File System (CIFS) file access protocol to fetch the data.

For Logpoint version:

6.11.1 or later 6.7.0 to 6.10.0 6.0.0 to 6.6.6
Release Details
Version:5.1.1
Release date:November 09, 2022
Documentation:CIFS Fetcher Guide
SHA 256: c1874f42e9fd3af0a9ec35725135914aa3a735a4b2e84851af8209567a92e2f0
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Enhancement

Description

Issue ID

Reference ID

CIFS Fetcher now takes less time to process logs.

PLUG-9079

67779

 

Bug Fixes

The following issues have been fixed:

Description

Issue ID

Reference ID

CIFS Fetcher exposed the password of configured Windows devices in the localhost file system logs.

PLUG-8547

62794
An issue that could lead to an OS command injection attack. PLUG-8393 61973
Release Details
Version:5.1.0
Release date:2021-06-30
Document date:2021-06-30
SHA 256: 4535a444b65d8d6da3c7f33ccce5177dd744717a8d1780ffac046871f817fc50
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Bug Fixes

The following issues have been resolved:

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Description

Issue ID

Zendesk ID

1

An issue where logs were being split into multiple logs in LogPoint v6.8.0 and later.

PLUG-7087 46937, 54634
2 An issue where users could not edit or delete the CIFSFetcher configuration if the Remote Path field had special characters.  - -
3 An issue where the application could not fetch logs from the Windows shared directory whose names had spaces between them. PLUG-7966 52500
4

In some cases, the IP address of the device was not displayed correctly in the logs.

- -
5 An issue where the application could not fetch logs from XML files that had the field encoding.

PLUG-7507

51627

Installation

Follow these steps to install the CIFSFetcher v5.1.0 application:

  1. Download the CIFSFetcher_5.1.0 pak file provided in the Download section above.

  2. Install the plugin by importing the pak file to LogPoint under Settings >> System >> Applications. 

For more details, please refer to the CIFSFetcher manual.

Verification 

 Enter the following query to search for the log messages collected via the CIFSFetcher application:

 col_type = cifs

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Documentation

You can download the CIFSFetcher Manual from the Download section above. 

Changes in the Previous Version

Changes in CIFS Fetcher v5.0.0

Enhancement

The application has been updated to comply with LogPoint v6.7.0.

Bug Fixes

The following issues have been resolved:

  • Users could not enter usernames with a period character.
  • An error while using a custom regex parser.
Release Details
Version:3.2.0
Release date:2019-02-11
Document date:2019-02-11
SHA 256: 70f6fad07e508dcc5577e4dbeac313b7b6a150e925fcd16ad4c453b739e25ac7
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Package Details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enhancement

From now on, the application supports the logs generated by NetApp in XML format.

Installation

Follow these steps to install the CIFS Fetcher v3.2.0 application:

  1. Download the CIFS_Fetcher_3.2.0.zip file provided in the Download section above.

  2. Extract the zip file to obtain the CIFS_Fetcher_3.2.0.pak file.  
  3. Install the plugin by importing the pak file to LogPoint under Settings >> System >> Applications. 

Please refer to the Configuration section of the CIFS Fetcher Manual to view the details on the configuration of the application.

Verification 

 Enter the following query to search for the log messages collected via the CIFS Fetcher application:

 col_type = cifs

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Documentation

The manual for CIFS Fetcher v3.2.0 is zipped with the application in the Download section above. 

Support

If you have any queries or require assistance, please feel free to contact our support team: 

Email: servicedesk@logpoint.com
Phone: +45 7060 6100

Best regards,
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