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We would like to find out who has access to a certain index. How can we do that?

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Solution

To find roles that access index 'foo', look for srchIndexesAllowed = foo or srchIndexesAllowed = * in your authorize.conf files. Btool can help.

splunk btool --debug authorize list | grep 'srchIndexesAllowed\s*=.*(\*|foo)'

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Solution

To find roles that access index 'foo', look for srchIndexesAllowed = foo or srchIndexesAllowed = * in your authorize.conf files. Btool can help.

splunk btool --debug authorize list | grep 'srchIndexesAllowed\s*=.*(\*|foo)'

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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