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How to retrieve current user in splunk?

ngatchasandra
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I want to retrieve a current user in splunk web by run a query.

thanks!

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gfuente
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Hello

You can use this query to see logged users in splunk web:

| rest /services/authentication/httpauth-tokens | search (NOT userName="splunk-system-user") searchId="" 
 | table userName splunk_server timeAccessed |join type=left userName [| rest /services/authentication/users splunk_server=local 
 |fields title roles realname|rename title as userName|rename realname as Name]
 |rename userName as User |rename splunk_server as "Splunk Server"|rename timeAccessed as "Time Accessed"|rename roles as Role
 |table User,"Splunk Server",Name,Role

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gfuente
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Then you can use this:

http://answers.splunk.com/answers/28633/current-user-in-search.html

 rest /services/authentication/current-context/context | fields + username

Regards

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ngatchasandra
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thanks for your time .
How do i do to get only the current User.

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gfuente
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Hello

You can use this query to see logged users in splunk web:

| rest /services/authentication/httpauth-tokens | search (NOT userName="splunk-system-user") searchId="" 
 | table userName splunk_server timeAccessed |join type=left userName [| rest /services/authentication/users splunk_server=local 
 |fields title roles realname|rename title as userName|rename realname as Name]
 |rename userName as User |rename splunk_server as "Splunk Server"|rename timeAccessed as "Time Accessed"|rename roles as Role
 |table User,"Splunk Server",Name,Role

Regards

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