win_audit_policy_system - Used to make changes to the system wide Audit Policy.

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Parameters
Examples
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Synopsis

Used to make changes to the system wide Audit Policy.
It is recommended to take a backup of the policies before adjusting them for the first time.
See this page for in depth information https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766468.aspx.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
audit_type required	Choices: success failure none	The type of event you would like to audit for. Accepts a list. See examples.
category		Single string value for the category you would like to adjust the policy on. Cannot be used with subcategory. You must define one or the other. Changing this setting causes all subcategories to be adjusted to the defined audit_type.
subcategory		Single string value for the subcategory you would like to adjust the policy on. Cannot be used with category. You must define one or the other.

Examples

- name: enable failure auditing for the subcategory "File System"
  win_audit_policy_system:
    subcategory: File System
    audit_type: failure

- name: enable all auditing types for the category "Account logon events"
  win_audit_policy_system:
    category: Account logon events
    audit_type: success, failure

- name: disable auditing for the subcategory "File System"
  win_audit_policy_system:
    subcategory: File System
    audit_type: none

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
current_audit_policy dictionary	always	details on the policy being targetted Sample: { "File Share":"failure" }

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

Noah Sparks (@nwsparks)

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