# Elasticsearch set password error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-set-password-error/157181
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-set-password-error/157181 "2018-11-17T15:53:18Z")
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### Author:  [@wuwo1952368901](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wuwo1952368901)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-set-password-error/157181/1 "2018-11-17T15:53:19Z")
When i setup password,but it have an error. How cant to fix it?
Connection failure to: [http://127.0.0.1:9200/\_xpack/security/user/kibana/\_password?pretty](http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/user/kibana/_password?pretty) failed: Read timed out
ERROR: Failed to set password for user [kibana].
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-set-password-error/157181/2 "2018-12-15T15:53:24Z")
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