Event-o-Pedia EventID 540 - Successful Network Logon [Win XP]

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EventID 540 - Successful Network Logon [Win XP]

Indicates that a logon session was successfully created for the user logging in remotely to access a network resource (e.g. a file share).

Note:
The message contains the Logon ID, a number that is generated when a user logs on to a computer. The Logon ID is unique to that logon session until the computer is restarted, at which point the Logon ID may be reused. The Logon ID can be used to correlate a logon message with other messages, such as object access messages.
For logons that use Kerberos, the logon GUID can be used to associate a logon event on this computer with an account logon event on an authenticating computer, such as a domain controller.
This event is logged whenever a user logs on either with its local SAM account or a domain account.
This message also includes a logon type code. The logon type code indicates the manner in which the user logged on.

For explanation of the values of some fields please refer to the corresponding links below:

Find more information about this event on ultimatewindowssecurity.com.

Corresponding events on other OS versions:

Windows 2000

EventID 540 - Successful Network Logon [Win 2000]

Windows 2003

EventID 540 - Successful Network Logon [Win 2003]

Windows 2008

EventID 4624 - An account was successfully logged on

Sample:

        Event Type:     Success Audit
        Event Source:   Security
        Event Category: Logon/Logoff
        Event ID:       540
        Date:           10/26/2009
        Time:           07:31:44
        User:           NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
        Computer:       DC1
        Description:
        Successful Network Logon:
        User Name:	DC1$
        Domain:		RESEARCH
        Logon ID:		(0x0,0x60F7C2)
        Logon Type:	3
        Logon Process:	Kerberos
        Authentication Package:	Kerberos
        Workstation Name:
        Logon GUID:	{1be8f5d6-8f8a-62c1-d74c-5d4a7950138a}

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows XP
Source	Security
Category	Logon/Logoff
EventId	540

Field Matching

Field	Description	Stored in	Sample Value
DateTime	Date/Time of event origination in GMT format.	DateTime	10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source	Name of an Application or System Service originating the event.	Source	Security
Type	Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc.	Type	Success
User	Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event.	User	RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer	Name of server workstation where event was logged.	Computer	DC1
EventID	Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source.	EventId	576
Description	The entire unparsed event message.	Description	Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name	The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.)	LogName	Security
Category	A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.	Category	Logon/Logoff
Domain	Domain of the account for which logon is requested.	InsertionString2	RESEARCH
User Name	Account name of the user logging in	InsertionString1	DC1$
Logon ID		InsertionString3	(0x0,0x60F7C2)
Logon Type	Interactive, Network, Batch, etc. Please find the code descriptions here.	InsertionString4	3
Logon Process	The program executable that processed the logon. Please find full logon processes list here.	InsertionString5	Kerberos
Authentication Package	The name of the authentication package (method) used to check user credentials (e.g. NTLM or Kerberos). Please find full authentication packages list here.	InsertionString6	Kerberos
Workstation Name	The NetBIOS name of the remote computer that originated the logon request	InsertionString7
Logon GUID	A globally unique identifier of the logon. For logons that use Kerberos, the logon GUID can be used to associate a logon event on the computer where the logon was initiated with an account logon message on an authenticating computer, such as a domain controller.	InsertionString8	{1be8f5d6-8f8a-62c1-d74c-5d4a7950138a}