topic How to limit some user roles from running scheduled searches on Splunk? in Reporting

How to limit some user roles from running scheduled searches on Splunk?

philip_wong — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 03:43:44 GMT

I'd like to know if the "schedule_search" capability is just to hide/disable create/update scheduled search options, or can it stop scheduled jobs run by user id without this capability.

If my aim is to limit some user roles from running scheduled searches on Splunk (that can be from some apps), what should I do?

Re: How to limit some user roles from running scheduled searches on Splunk?

strive — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:59:04 GMT

Set the capabilities for roles in authorize.conf configuration file

[capability::schedule_search]
        * Required to schedule saved searches.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1.2/admin/Authorizeconf

Note:

By default all the capabilities are disabled.

Roles inherit all capabilities from imported roles, and inherited capabilities cannot be disabled.

Re: How to limit some user roles from running scheduled searches on Splunk?

the_wolverine — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:39:09 GMT

In authorize.conf, set the following for the role(s) which you do NOT want to be able to schedule searches:

schedule_search = disabled

(requires save and restart)