Security

How to change the user roles in .conf files

vhharanpositka
Path Finder

Hello

Accidentally I changed the admin role for my admin user in the Splunk UI.
By default
Admin user - admin role and user role.

Now
Admin user - only user role.

So I cant access the Settings --> Access Control.

How can I change the admin roles in the conf files.

Thanks

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Edit $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/authorize.conf and remove importRoles attribute from the role_admin stanza to restore the default roles.

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vhharanpositka
Path Finder

Thanks rich

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