Security Audit Log - Different Files

Hello gurus,
I configured the security audit log of the AS java in our portal system.
But i want a dynamic configuration like SM20 - SM19 in R/3 systems. I want to have audit<the date>.log file format. For
example audit041608.log for 04.16.2008
audit041708.log for 04.17.2008
Is this possible?
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Best regards
Tolga
Edited by: Julius Bussche on Apr 16, 2008 2:43 PM

Thanks for your answer.
I think I am misunderstood or I am misunderstanding
Let me explain a little bit more;
I am trying to configure secaudit in our portal system and configure it in such a way that the logs will
be stored in secaudit log files day by day.
I configured secaudit as a seperate file but after the size limit,
it clears the logfile and starts to write on the same logfile.
We could do this by adding a profile parameter;
"FN_AUDIT = <SID>_<Instance_No>_audit_++++++++.AUD" in R/3 system.
But how can i do this in a portal system if it is possible?
Best regards
Tolga
Edited by: Tolga Akinci on Apr 17, 2008 4:24 PM

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