Security

Unathorized access files

ajeeshneelamkav
New Member

Hello All,

I am new to splunk and have following use case requirement

Only service account(svc) is permitted to access the files in a directory on a Linux machine. Successful and failed access attempts by any other users to this files needs to be reported.

We are using splunk 6.1 an how can I achieve this.

0 Karma

kml_uvce
Builder

you can indexed the log file which has the user access information about the directory.
write this in inputs.conf
[monitor:///<log file>]

kamal singh bisht
0 Karma

ajeeshneelamkav
New Member

That has been enabled but what to write in search query to capture this unauthorized access to file? Is there any specific field value which can be measured or capture nametype= NORMAL and other than this user will it work?

0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Meet the .conf26 AI Agent Buildathon Winners

At the .conf26 AI Agent Buildathon, Splunk users turned their operational expertise into working AI agents ...

Trusted Autonomy in the SOC: A Maturity Journey

AI is compressing attacker timelines and pushing SOC teams beyond human capacity thresholds. The next SOC ...

Supercharging Windows Security Detection Performance: Introducing Hybrid Field ...

Windows event logs—from Security auditing and Sysmon to PowerShell script blocks—form the operational backbone ...