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user-seed.conf

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user-seed.conf

User-seed.conf controls what the default admin user account will be on first run.


To edit this configuration for your local Splunk server, make your edits in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/local/user-seed.conf.


You can create this file by copying examples from $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/README/user-seed.conf.example.


Never edit files in our default bundle in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/bundles/default or your changes may be overwritten in an upgrade.


user-seed.conf.spec 

# Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Splunk Inc.  All Rights Reserved.  Version 3.0 
#
# Specification for the user-seed.conf file.  Allows control over what username and password you want to set. 
[user_info]
USERNAME = <string> 
          * username you want to set.
PASSWORD = <string>
          * password you wish to set for that user.
Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/3.0.1/Admin/Userseedconf"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.0 , 3.0.1 , 3.0.2 , 3.1 , 3.1.1 , 3.1.2 , 3.1.3 View the Article History for its revisions.


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