Security

Does write access imply read access to an app?

dwh_splunk
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Say for some app "foo" the default.meta file would look like this:

// Application-level permissions:

[]
access = read : [ ], write : [ super_manager ]

Is an user with role "super_manager" able to see the app "foo"?

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somesoni2
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somesoni2
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Yes, that is correct. You can't modify if you can see it.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1/Knowledge/Manageknowledgeobjectpermissions#Make_an_o...

(See the point 3 here)

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