Disable Admin Activity log

[qhome]

Is there an option to turn off logging for Admin activity? It seems only a useful feature if you have a lot of hands in the cookie jar, not for single admins. It only leaves me with massive backup sql files

[DrByte]

It is present for compliance with requirements of credit card merchants ... in summary, the terms state that there must be an audit trail to determine who has had access to what customer data. This information is only used in the event an audit is needed, primarily for security or fraud investigation, etc.

A purge option is provided in Admin->Tools->Store Manager. One click empties the table.



You could disable it on a development site that never contains any customer data related to any real people, simply by commenting out the line that inserts the new record into the table.

[qhome]

But if you are purging it anyway every 2 months.. then an Audit at the exact moment you purge it, or one that wants to know about data 3 months ago... you'd be in the same boat of not having it at all.

[DrByte]

But if you are purging it anyway every 2 months.. then an Audit at the exact moment you purge it, or one that wants to know about data 3 months ago... you'd be in the same boat of not having it at all.

Right. Thus, backups are important.

To the point of your original question ... yes, you can disable it by commenting out the code that does the insertion.

[poosk]

if someone can give a quick guide what to comment out please do!! pleeeease?

[DrByte]

/admin/includes/init_includes/init_admin_history.php
there's a zen_db_perform() function call that does the writing of data to the database.