Splunk Enterprise Security not able to write/ read to savedsearches.conf file

[mnizamuddin]

Hello All, 

I'm having an issue where I am unable to create new correlation searches. I get the following error:
There was an error saving the correlation search: In handler 'savedsearch': Data could not be written: /nobody/SplunkEnterpriseSecuritySuite/savedsearches/Threat

Also, the existing searches are not running nor showing up in ES.

[ephemeric]

grep "denied" /var/log/audit/audit.log

[mnizamuddin]

@richgalloway - Yes, the file ownership was set incorrectly. Thank you for your help. 

[richgalloway · Accepted solution]

Check the ownership and permissions on the savedsearches.conf file(s).  If you're running SELinux, check the settings to make sure Splunk has access.