# Can't create esuser in shield
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132 "2016-02-18T11:15:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/1 "2016-02-18T11:15:31Z")
Hi ,
I'm trying to create after installing shield , the error I receive:
Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.esusers.tool.ESUsersTool
My Elasticsearch is 1.7 , Kibana 4.0.2 , Shield version 1.3.2.
I saw the problem in the forum
> [@Cannot create new user in shield](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-create-new-user-in-shield/33249):
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> Hi Team, My cluster config is Elasticsearch (1.7.2) & Shield 2.0, Java 1.8 I am unable to create a new user for shield by using the following command bin/shield/esusers useradd espoweruser -r power\_user I am getting error as below. Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.esusers.tool.ESUsersTool Please help me to resolve this error. Thanks, Ganeshbabu R
I changed my shield version to 1.3.2 and removed the other.
The command I'm using to create the user is:
bin/shield/esusers useradd chenb -p chenb -r admin
I still receive the same error.
Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.esusers.tool.ESUsersTool
Can someone help me with this issue ?
BR,
Chen
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### Author:  [@r.ganeshbabu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/r.ganeshbabu)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/2 "2016-02-18T11:28:13Z")
There is a script in the ES bin folder named [elasticsearch.in.sh](http://elasticsearch.in.sh). If you set this in the ES\_INCLUDE variable it works. I did this before I ran the esusers command:
export ES\_INCLUDE=`/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch.in.sh
Then I ran the command and it prompted for a password.
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### Author:  [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/3 "2016-02-18T11:46:28Z")
Hi ,
Now the error I receive when I'm trying to create the user is:
You must set the ES\_CLASSPATH var
BR,
Chen
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### Author:  [@r.ganeshbabu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/r.ganeshbabu)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/4 "2016-02-18T11:48:28Z")
You must set JAVA HOME in classpath as like below,
export ES\_CLASSPATH=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0\_60
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### Author:  [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/5 "2016-02-18T12:15:49Z")
Hi ,
Now I receive the first message:
Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.shield.authc.esusers.tool.ESUsersTool
BR,
Chen
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### Author:  [@r.ganeshbabu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/r.ganeshbabu)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/6 "2016-02-18T13:03:54Z")
First set ES class path and then you need to set ES\_include
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### Author:  [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/7 "2016-02-18T13:06:21Z")
I still receive the same result.
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### Author:  [@r.ganeshbabu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/r.ganeshbabu)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/8 "2016-02-18T13:26:00Z")
I think ES\_INCLUDE is not setting properly and you should use "tilde" symbol before "/"
export ES\_INCLUDE=\*\*~/\*\*elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch.in.sh
Try it like this...
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### Author:  [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/9 "2016-02-18T13:28:21Z")
Still the same result
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### Author:  [@r.ganeshbabu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/r.ganeshbabu)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/10 "2016-02-18T13:50:07Z")
This is how I did and It's worked for me.
May be ES members might help you.
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### Author:  [@chenbe2204](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenbe2204)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/11 "2016-02-21T08:45:28Z")
Thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-create-esuser-in-shield/42132/12 "2017-07-05T23:14:40Z")