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Monitor Windows DHCP log file

atifshaukat
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I have setup input to index DHCP log files from remote server but unable to see any data being collected or collectors appearing on main page.

Under manage\Datainputs i have done following settings set source is Monitor a File or Directory Path to the server is something like this \servername\d$\abc.log

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ftk
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What account are you running splunk as? Local System or a domain account? Since you are attempting to access an admin share (\servername\d$) the account splunk runs under has to be an admin on the remote server. You may be better off creating a share on your remote server and granting read access to the Splunk service account, or install a splunk regular or light forwarder on the remote server to forward the logs to your indexer.

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ftk
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Local admin or a domain account?

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atifshaukat
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splunk service is running as admin account and have full access to server so it is definitely no permission issue.

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