# Elasticfence - Invalid User

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticfence-invalid-user/53020>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 16, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticfence-invalid-user/53020 "2016-06-16T15:45:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![parthu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@parthu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/parthu)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticfence-invalid-user/53020/1 "2016-06-16T15:45:14Z")

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I have installed the plugin "Elasticfence" (for Basic HTTP Auth for my ES 2.3.2). And wrote the following two lines in my elasticsearch.yml:

elasticfence.disabled: false  
elasticfence.root.password: rootpassword

When I restart the cluster, I keep getting this over and over again in the log file:

[INFO][plugin.elasticfence] Invalid User: /\_bulk  
[INFO][plugin.elasticfence] Invalid User: /

What am I to do to avert this? Is there any setting I missed?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticfence-invalid-user/53020/2 "2016-06-17T10:02:36Z")

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You should ask on the repo for that as the author may not frequent these forums.

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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 5, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticfence-invalid-user/53020/3 "2017-07-05T22:42:47Z")

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