[DOCS] Note ILM uses snapshot of user privileges (#67393) (#67401)

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@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ definitions of policy components.
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage_ilm`
cluster privilege to use this API. You must also have the `manage` index
privilege on all indices being managed by `policy`. All operations executed by
{ilm} for a policy are executed as the user that put the latest version of a
policy. For more information, see <<security-privileges>>.
privilege on all indices being managed by `policy`. {ilm-init} performs
operations as the user who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
last policy update.
[[ilm-put-lifecycle-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

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@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ For time series indices, you need to associate the lifecycle policy with
the index template used to create new indices in the series.
When an index rolls over, a manually-applied policy isn't automatically applied to the new index.
If you use {es}'s Security features, {ilm-init} performs operations as the user
who last updated the policy. {ilm-init} only has the
<<security-privileges,privileges>> assigned to the user at the time of the
last policy update.
[discrete]
[[ilm-phase-transitions]]
=== Phase transitions