# Active directory frequently

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-directory-frequently/211255>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-directory-frequently/211255 "2019-12-10T09:20:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gidi\_Kalef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gidi_kalef/32/43651_2.png) [@Gidi\_Kalef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gidi_Kalef)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-directory-frequently/211255/1 "2019-12-10T09:20:01Z")

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Hi Guys,

i have user : test1  
i have assigned user to an active directory group, for example: elastic\_admin which have superuser permissions.  
then, i have removed the user from elastic\_admin and assign him to elastic\_readers active directory group which has only read permessions.

when i have logged in i have seen that elastic still recognize my user as admin, how long it would take elastic to sync with active directory?

Thanks,  
Gidi

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-directory-frequently/211255/2 "2019-12-12T04:47:28Z")

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By default, the AD realm caches user information for 20 minutes.

You can:

- wait 20 minutes
- change the expiry time
- or explicitly clear the cache

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/controlling-user-cache.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/controlling-user-cache.html)

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**Author:** ![Gidi\_Kalef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gidi_kalef/32/43651_2.png) [@Gidi\_Kalef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gidi_Kalef)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-directory-frequently/211255/3 "2019-12-29T15:07:06Z")

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Thanks alot Tim!

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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:** [January 26, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/active-directory-frequently/211255/4 "2020-01-26T15:07:10Z")

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