topic Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go in Security

Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

ma_anand1984 — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:53:45 GMT

How to add mutiple users to a newly created role at one go?
Curently i go to each user and add role manually... it runs into hundreds of users and it terrible 😞

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

gkanapathy — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:44:00 GMT

It's probably best do this by editing the authorize.conf config files (though this will require a restart of Splunk), or by coding against the Splunk REST API.

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

ziegfried — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:09:09 GMT

As an alternative you could script it using splunk's CLI. Eg. on Linux by putting the users into a text file:

users.txt:

user1
user2
user3

the then run

splunk login && cat users.txt | while read user; do splunk edit user $user -role some_role; done

This will assign all users in the text file to the role "some_role".

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

ma_anand1984 — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:26:23 GMT

Thank you so much 🙂
where can i find more info on this, like commands. Any link to tutor ?

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

ma_anand1984 — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:27:13 GMT

any link to quick start guide on REST API. this is the first time im hearing this

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

ziegfried — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:03:58 GMT

http://dev.splunk.com/view/rest-api-overview/SP-CAAADP8

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

ziegfried — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:04:05 GMT

There's a chapter in the Splunk docs:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/AbouttheCLI
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/GethelpwiththeCLI
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/AccessandusetheCLIonaremoteserver
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/CLIadmincommands

Re: Add mutiple users to a role at one Go

rajuljain2605 — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 06:33:48 GMT

Hi,
Thanks much for above guide, I have few doubt/queries-
1) Above command edited the roles of users in users.txt and added "some role", Please suggest command only to add role with no changes in existing role.
2)Above script modify roles of 1st user in users.txt, but not others. It has thrown below error-

User rajul.jain edited.
Argument "roles" is not supported by this handler.
Argument "roles" is not supported by this handler.

My users.txt looks like this

cat /home/rjain/users.txt

rajul.jain
shas.sin
prath.bal

Please suggest..