# Dec 22nd, 2017: \[EN\]\[X-Pack\] I lost/forgot the "elastic" user password! Am I locked out forever?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dec-22nd-2017-en-x-pack-i-lost-forgot-the-elastic-user-password-am-i-locked-out-forever/110075
**Category:** Advent Calendar
**Created:** [December 22, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dec-22nd-2017-en-x-pack-i-lost-forgot-the-elastic-user-password-am-i-locked-out-forever/110075 "2017-12-22T00:00:03Z")
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### Author:  [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dec-22nd-2017-en-x-pack-i-lost-forgot-the-elastic-user-password-am-i-locked-out-forever/110075/1 "2017-12-22T00:00:03Z")
**Situation** : You are using X-Pack Security and you lost/forgot the "elastic" superuser password.
**Don't panic!**
You can workaround this problem by adding a temporary superuser user:
1. Provision a new coordinating-only node with [File Realm](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/file-realm.html) enabled.
2. Add a new temporary superuser user:
```bash
$ bin/x-pack/users useradd tempuser -r superuser
```
1. Start the temporary node and wait until it successfully joins the cluster.
2. Reset the "elastic" user password (using the new tempuser):
```bash
$ curl -XPUT -u tempuser: https://localhost:9200/_xpack/security/user/elastic/_password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
{
"password": "MyN3wC00lP4ssw0rd"
}'
```
1. Check that is working with:
```bash
$ curl -u elastic:MyN3wC00lP4ssw0rd https://localhost:9200/
```
1. Stop and **scrap away** the temporary node. This is **very important** because this node contains the temporary user in it's local file realm.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dec-22nd-2017-en-x-pack-i-lost-forgot-the-elastic-user-password-am-i-locked-out-forever/110075/2 "2018-08-23T08:31:21Z")