What does Unauthorized error mean?

[otoledano]

Hi!

I've created a free trial splunk enterprise and I was trying to run the following:

curl -k -u admin:pass https://localhost:8089/services/messages

But it returns :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <messages>
    <msg type="ERROR">Unauthorized</msg>
  </messages>
</response>

 I didnt change any of the default ports btw

Any idea why?

[richgalloway · Accepted solution]

The "Unauthorized" error means the username and/or password specified in the curl command is incorrect.  Odds are "pass" is not the right password (it's too short).  "admin:pass" probably is an example set of credentials used in documentation and should be replaced with your actual credentials.