# ERROR: Failed to reset password for the \[elastic\] user
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-reset-password-for-the-elastic-user/329618
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 9, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-reset-password-for-the-elastic-user/329618 "2023-04-09T05:20:51Z")
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### Author:  [@hadi\_farzipour](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hadi_farzipour)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-reset-password-for-the-elastic-user/329618/1 "2023-04-09T05:20:51Z")
Hi,
I installed elasticsearch 8.7 on my windows server but on installing screen I did not get any prompt for my elasticsearch or kibana password, also when I tried to change the password I faced following error:
ERROR: Failed to reset password for the [elastic] user
My elasticsearch.yml file contains following lines
http.port: 8606
network.host: 0.0.0.0
path.data: E:\Data
path.logs: E:\Logs
xpack.security.enabled: true
discovery.type: single-node
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### Author:  [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-reset-password-for-the-elastic-user/329618/2 "2023-04-09T07:44:55Z")
> [@hadi\_farzipour](#):
>
> ERROR: Failed to reset password for the [elastic] user
Try with:
`bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto --url="http://localhost:8606/"`
Also you can use `interactive` instead of `auto`.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-reset-password-for-the-elastic-user/329618/3 "2023-05-07T07:45:17Z")
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