What does a role's search scope control in Splunk?

Which indexes and data the user can search.

The maximum number of results a search can return.

The types of search commands that can be used.

The time range allowed for searches.

In Splunk, what is the primary purpose of a role?

To store user authentication credentials and manage password policies for the Splunk platform.

To group users into organizational units for reporting and auditing purposes only.

To define the physical storage location of indexes and manage data retention policies.

To define a set of capabilities and a search scope that determine what actions a user can perform and what data they can access.

What is role inheritance in Splunk?

A feature that copies a role's settings to another role when edited.

A mechanism where a role inherits capabilities and search scope from a parent role.

A way to assign multiple roles to a single user.

A process where users inherit roles from their manager.

What is the principle of least privilege in the context of Splunk role administration?

Grant users only the capabilities and data access necessary for their job functions.

Assign the most powerful role to users to avoid support requests.

Grant all users the same default role to simplify administration.

Use role inheritance to automatically grant all capabilities to all roles.

In Splunk Web, where would an administrator go to create a new role?

Settings > Access controls > Roles

Settings > Distributed search > Roles

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