[RFC] Stage 0: Add user.is_privileged boolean field
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… (string) to `user.is_privileged` (boolean) (#224623) ## Summary We have [this RFC](elastic/ecs#2493) in, I think this is a safer bet and might save us a migration in the future: --------- Co-authored-by: kibanamachine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
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I think this is good for RFC stage 0.
I've set this RFC to 0051.
For future RFC stages, there are a few more things to consider.
- What is a privileged user exactly? For example, it may not be just root, it can be a user with
wheelor other similar groups. - In Linux, you can already use
user.effective.idto see if the user is or has assumed root privilages, which holds similar info touser.is_privileged - In Windows, is this set for all actions with an administrator account, or only actions with the elevated UAC permissions?
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… (string) to `user.is_privileged` (boolean) (elastic#224623) ## Summary We have [this RFC](elastic/ecs#2493) in, I think this is a safer bet and might save us a migration in the future: --------- Co-authored-by: kibanamachine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
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This RFC proposes adding a new boolean field,
user.is_privileged. It will explicitly flag when a user has elevated or administrative rights.