Security

What's the quickest way to lock a user out of Splunk?

the_wolverine
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We've discovered a malicious user (hypothetical) using our Splunk instance. What's the quickest way to lock out this user?

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the_wolverine
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If its a local user, change the user's password.

If its an ldap user, create a local account for that user which will override the ldap account.

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the_wolverine
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If its a local user, change the user's password.

If its an ldap user, create a local account for that user which will override the ldap account.

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