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Users in a distributed search setup

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Users in a distributed search setup

A distributed search requires Splunk user authentication for each server in the search. You must add users via Splunk Web. If you're using LDAP for authentication, add the users to your LDAP configuration.

Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/3.2/Admin/UsersInADistributedSearchSetup"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.2 View the Article History for its revisions.


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