# Auditbeat file integrity monitoring does not show user who made changes to file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [July 2, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568 "2019-07-02T18:47:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![EMMANUEL\_CHIBUOGWU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emmanuel_chibuogwu/32/46227_2.png) [@EMMANUEL\_CHIBUOGWU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EMMANUEL_CHIBUOGWU)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568/1 "2019-07-02T18:47:46Z")

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How can i see the user who made changes, created or deleted a file. The user who

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**Author:** ![cwurm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cwurm/32/34882_2.png) [@cwurm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cwurm)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568/2 "2019-07-03T11:13:48Z")

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Hi @EMMANUEL_CHIBUOGWU - unfortunately, the underlying technology that we use to receive notifications about file changes don't usually tell us who changed the file. Which operating system are you trying to do this for?

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**Author:** ![EMMANUEL\_CHIBUOGWU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emmanuel_chibuogwu/32/46227_2.png) [@EMMANUEL\_CHIBUOGWU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EMMANUEL_CHIBUOGWU)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568/3 "2019-07-03T18:47:59Z")

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On a windows server 2016 and hoping to try it out on ubuntu. Is there any work in progress on including that feature. Thanks

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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568/4 "2019-07-04T11:50:19Z")

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I think on Linux you might be able to achieve that by using the auditd module in Auditbeat and watching the directories that you are interested in. I'm not aware of a solution for windows yet, perhaps using Sysmon?

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**Author:** ![EMMANUEL\_CHIBUOGWU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emmanuel_chibuogwu/32/46227_2.png) [@EMMANUEL\_CHIBUOGWU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EMMANUEL_CHIBUOGWU)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568/5 "2019-07-16T08:20:29Z")

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thanks @tudor really appreciate the reply. sorry it's coming late

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-file-integrity-monitoring-does-not-show-user-who-made-changes-to-file/188568/6 "2019-08-13T08:20:34Z")

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