Security

Disable user account temporary

karn
Path Finder

I would like to disable some local accounts temporary. I cannot find disable or suspend button in access controls settings menu. Is there a way to disable the account?

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paperoga
New Member

that is a shame that after 5 years and several versions we still cannot disable a user 🤔

By the way, you cannot leave a user without a role. You need to create a role with no authorizations and give them.

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karn
Path Finder

I tried remove all rows from a target user but I cannot. It seems to need at least one role.

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chrisyounger
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

There is no way to disable accounts unfortunatly.

Some suggestions:

  • Take away all their roles including user.
  • Change the passwords on the accounts (you will need to give them new passwords when you are done)
  • You could edit web.conf and use the acceptFrom parameter to limit logins only to specific IPs or a subnet

Hope this is helpful

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