# Elasticsearch password set error in both auto and interactive

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-password-set-error-in-both-auto-and-interactive/294524>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-password-set-error-in-both-auto-and-interactive/294524 "2022-01-17T04:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![harsh19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@harsh19](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harsh19)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-password-set-error-in-both-auto-and-interactive/294524/1 "2022-01-17T04:39:43Z")

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when i execute ./bin/Elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto or interactive then it's shows me an error

```auto
Exception in thread "main" SettingsException[Failed to load settings from [elasticsearch.yml]]; nested: MarkedYAMLException[while scanning a simple key
 in 'reader', line 137, column 1:
    exit
    ^
could not find expected ':'
 in 'reader', line 143, column 1:
    
    ^

 at [Source: (sun.nio.ch.ChannelInputStream); line: 98, column: 43]]; nested: ScannerException[while scanning a simple key
 in 'reader', line 137, column 1:
    exit
    ^
could not find expected ':'
 in 'reader', line 143, column 1:
    
    ^
];
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1168)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromPath(Settings.java:1139)
	at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettingsPreparer.java:75)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:91)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:82)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:77)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:95)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112)
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77)
	at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.esnative.tool.SetupPasswordTool.main(SetupPasswordTool.java:128)
Caused by: com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.snakeyaml.error.MarkedYAMLException: while scanning a simple key
 in 'reader', line 137, column 1:
    exit
    ^
could not find expected ':'
 in 'reader', line 143, column 1:
    
    ^

 at [Source: (sun.nio.ch.ChannelInputStream); line: 98, column: 43]
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.snakeyaml.error.MarkedYAMLException.from(MarkedYAMLException.java:27)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLParser.nextToken(YAMLParser.java:359)
	at org.elasticsearch.xcontent.json.JsonXContentParser.nextToken(JsonXContentParser.java:73)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:685)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:654)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.access$400(Settings.java:74)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1164)
	... 10 more
Caused by: while scanning a simple key
 in 'reader', line 137, column 1:
    exit
    ^
could not find expected ':'
 in 'reader', line 143, column 1:
    
    ^

	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.stalePossibleSimpleKeys(ScannerImpl.java:464)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.needMoreTokens(ScannerImpl.java:278)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.checkToken(ScannerImpl.java:226)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:558)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:158)
	at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.getEvent(ParserImpl.java:168)
	at com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLParser.nextToken(YAMLParser.java:355)
	... 15 more

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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:** [January 17, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-password-set-error-in-both-auto-and-interactive/294524/2 "2022-01-17T05:01:36Z")

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-password-set-error-in-both-auto-and-interactive/294524/3 "2022-01-17T05:13:53Z")

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> [@harsh19](#):
>
> ```auto
> Failed to load settings from [elasticsearch.yml]]; nested: MarkedYAMLException[while scanning a simple key
> in 'reader', line 137, column 1:
> exit
>  
> 
> ```

The first place to look would be around line 137 of `elasticsearch.yml`.  
It looks like you have some invalid configuration in there.

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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:** [February 14, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-password-set-error-in-both-auto-and-interactive/294524/4 "2022-02-14T05:14:48Z")

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