I need to audit access on a specific folder on a file server. I have enabled "Object access" in the local policy and configured the folder to audit access from my user account "full control" success ...

Since you're using ADU&C you could change the auditing configuration in a GPO and find a tool to consolidate the security logs from each machine. Admittedly I have little to no experience in log ...

Cross-platform management vendor Centrify this week introduced an auditing tool that lets Windows shops log, monitor and audit the activity of their users working in Unix and Linux environments.