Hi, change the admin password and restart the service then you can able to put the server in manulal detention.Please follow the below steps. open the command prompt/terminal of your system. Find the passwd file( $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd ) of Splunk and rename it as passwd.bk. mv /opt/splunk/etc/passwd /opt/splunk/etc/passwd.bk Create a .conf file names user-seed.conf in your $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local directory. cd /opt/splunk/etc/system/local/user-seed.conf [user_info] USERNAME=admin PASSWORD=<new_password> /opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart
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