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splunkfwd user access to root owned logs

jcorcorans
Engager
‎06-23-2024 04:58 AM

Can anyone tell me the best practice for splunkfwd user to access  others and root own dir/logs ?

 

Not interested in changing dir/log ownership.

We could do ACL - lots of work there.

Out of the box what is the access level of the splunkfwd post install ?

 

 

 

 

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richgalloway
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SplunkTrust
‎06-23-2024 06:15 AM

Enable the CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability.  See https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/9.2.1/Forwarder/Installleastprivileged

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