# Dedicated Auth Log

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-auth-log/305415>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-auth-log/305415 "2022-05-23T15:54:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/43a26b/32.png) [@wwalker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wwalker)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-auth-log/305415/1 "2022-05-23T15:54:53Z")

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Is it possible to setup Elasticsearch to log all authentication attempts to a separate file? This would mostly be Kibana authentications via AD or local user, would it be better to setup logging in Kibana to track this?

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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:** [June 20, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-auth-log/305415/2 "2022-06-20T15:55:13Z")

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