Splunk Enterprise

Is it possible to prevent a system admin adding inputs at a forwarder?

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Is it possible to prevent a system admin adding inputs at a forwarder? I only want sanctioned inputs to be used i.e. I want our Splunk admins to approve all forwarders and inputs. I thought deployment server might solve this but it does not cover all local inputs per say. 

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