# Can I provide access to the user to change his password?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604 "2016-08-22T17:43:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604/1 "2016-08-22T17:43:20Z")

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Hi Experts,

I have installed ES shield and Shield for kibana for testing purpose. Is it possible that user can change his password of it's own from kibana browser itself. I know this is something which is not available in kiaban , but any alternative to this would be really appreciated .

This feature is something which most of the tools provides , like change password on first logon etc.

Please advice

Thanks  
VG

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**Author:** ![jaymode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaymode/32/50103_2.png) [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604/2 "2016-08-22T18:12:11Z")

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Starting with version 5.0, users can change their password via the API and in the Kibana UI.

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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604/3 "2016-08-22T18:44:49Z")

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Thank you @jaymode that is a good news so do we have stable 5.0 release ?

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**Author:** ![jaymode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaymode/32/50103_2.png) [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604/4 "2016-08-22T19:00:52Z")

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Not yet. We are working very hard to finish up 5.0. You can give the latest release a try if you'd like [https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-release-5-0-0-alpha-5](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-release-5-0-0-alpha-5)

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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604/5 "2016-08-22T19:51:33Z")

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another quick question , so do I need x-pack security plugin for all this or just shield will work ?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-provide-access-to-the-user-to-change-his-password/58604/6 "2017-07-06T13:42:13Z")

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