Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

True or False: If you want a role that is 'like' user but with some capabilities turned off, you can create a new role that inherits from the user role and remove some of the capabilities.

1. True

2. False

3. Only for specific capabilities

4. Only if the user role is modified

The correct answer is: False

The correct response to the statement revolves around the nature of role inheritance and modification in Splunk. The option indicating that it is false emphasizes that Splunk does not allow the direct removal of capabilities inherited from a parent role. In Splunk's role-based access control model, when you create a new role that inherits from another role, such as the user role, that new role receives all capabilities associated with the user role. While you can add additional capabilities or modify certain aspects, you cannot selectively remove inherited capabilities from that role. This design ensures clarity and consistency in access rights management, as altering default roles or removing capabilities can lead to confusion regarding what users within a specific role are allowed to do. Instead, if a more restricted role is desired, one must create a new role with specific capabilities explicitly defined, rather than modifying what is inherited. Therefore, managing user permissions effectively necessitates creating new roles from the ground up when tighter controls are needed.