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I have posted recently same question, but not answered. Now I will explain what i want...

there is an Audit Failure event in windows id: 4625, it is fired when wrong password is entered in windows log on screen, I want to capture that specific event in my java application. I have googled so many times but not found any answer.

I found another way that, in Event Policy setting of windows, I search for Audit Failure Event, than I attach task to that event manually, so whenever that event occurs, schedule task runs my program (which is attached to that Audit Failure Event).

I want that, can i catch that event in java OR is it possible to add entry programmatic-ally in schedule task that runs my task whenever Audit Failure Event is occurred.

Any help will be appreciated, I am in this situation for 1 year and didn't found any solution..

thanks

moonzai
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  • Related questions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2907640/parsing-windows-event-logs-is-it-possible http://stackoverflow.com/questions/310355/how-do-i-access-windows-event-viewer-log-data-from-java – Stephen C Apr 20 '12 at 14:53
  • We have provided a JNA solution in SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9949798/jna-event-log-reader/10015479#10015479 Instead of "Application", change it to "Security" – ecle Apr 20 '12 at 14:54

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From what I can tell, the Windows Event Log is a text file. It looks like this is a description of the file format: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb309026%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

You might be able to do it using an existing windows library or tool. For instance Microsoft's Log Parser - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24659

Alternatively, it looks like it wouldn't be hard to write a parser in pure Java.

To capture the events as they happen, you could write a file watcher in Java that either captures file change notifications (see Java 7 the FileWatcher class) or "tails" the file (see the Apache commons FileTailer class).

Stephen C
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