# How to search for username that logged in to install a specific app

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-for-username-that-logged-in-to-install-a-specific-app/316249>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 10, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-for-username-that-logged-in-to-install-a-specific-app/316249 "2022-10-10T17:14:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![BabyElkUser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@BabyElkUser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BabyElkUser)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-for-username-that-logged-in-to-install-a-specific-app/316249/1 "2022-10-10T17:14:56Z")

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Hi folks, I'm very new to Elk and am attempting to help our Information Security office with a few tasks. Per our Information Security Office, applications must be approved prior to being installed on a computer. Unfortunately sometimes staff, or one of our users who have admin permissions, will install an unapproved app to Program files. Could someone please help me create a search string that can be used to find the person who entered their admin/privileged account to install something? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-for-username-that-logged-in-to-install-a-specific-app/316249/2 "2022-10-11T00:20:51Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

This will entirely depend on what data you are storing in Elasticsearch and from what sources.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-for-username-that-logged-in-to-install-a-specific-app/316249/3 "2022-11-08T00:21:35Z")

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