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I just installed DB Connect on my system, and it is working fine when I am logged in as an administrator, but when I log in as a regular user Splunk throws an error:
error message that I get:
PARSER: Applying intentions failed Unknown search command 'dbinfo'.
I am assuming that this is a permissions based issue, and I was just looking for what Splunk permission would allow users to use DB Connect?
Thank You!
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You have to grant access to the dbinfo command (and other DB Connect commands) to the roles that should be able to use it.
Go to
- Splunk Manager
- Advanced search
- Search commands
- Select app context "Splunk DB Connect" and check "Show only objects created in this app context"
- Click on the "Permissions" link for the entries you want to change
Before DB Connect 1.0.9, some additional steps are necessary: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/1.0.8/DeployDBX/Securityandaccesscontrols
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You have to grant access to the dbinfo command (and other DB Connect commands) to the roles that should be able to use it.
Go to
- Splunk Manager
- Advanced search
- Search commands
- Select app context "Splunk DB Connect" and check "Show only objects created in this app context"
- Click on the "Permissions" link for the entries you want to change
Before DB Connect 1.0.9, some additional steps are necessary: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/1.0.8/DeployDBX/Securityandaccesscontrols
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I was using DB Connect 1.0.8, so I just upgraded and followed your instructions here. Worked perfectly. Thank you!
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