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How to search an event ID for password expiration enabled

wingstopdgon
New Member

I am trying to search event logs for an event when a user password is set to not expire. But the alert I have setup flags for all account changes not just the one where the Don't expire password - enabled. Any assistance is appreciated.

Here is the search string I have.

source="WinEventLog:security" EventCode=4738
user=*
| eval Modifier=mvindex(Security_ID,0)
| eval AccountChanged=mvindex(Security_ID,1)
| eval ActionTaken=case(EventCode="4738","User Account Control")
| eval ActionHelper=case(EventCode="4738","Don't Expire Password - enabled")
| table _time, Modifier, ActionTaken, AccountChanged, ActionHelper

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pkeenan87
Communicator

The field should be parsing by default. Do you have the Splunk TA for Windows installed on the Search Head (Link: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/742/)? If so, this search should work:

index=<<your_index>> source="WinEventLog:security" EventCode=4738 Account_Expires="<never>"
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