# Disallow change own password

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disallow-change-own-password/78347>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [March 13, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disallow-change-own-password/78347 "2017-03-13T13:43:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disallow-change-own-password/78347/2 "2017-03-14T16:12:45Z")

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There isn't an explicit option for that today, though there are a few workarounds that may be sufficient for your needs.

1. We don't allow changing the password for AD/LDAP users, so if you have an AD/LDAP domain, you could create/use a shared user there.
2. You could configure a separate Kibana instance and configure anonymous access. There are a few ways to do this, which I actually just outlined in a recent post [I want authentication only for ES, not Kibana dashboards](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-want-authentication-only-for-es-not-kibana-dashboards/78553)

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