# Failed to authenticate user \[elastic\] after restart service
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-authenticate-user-elastic-after-restart-service/128477
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 18, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-authenticate-user-elastic-after-restart-service/128477 "2018-04-18T07:51:27Z")
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### Author:  [@ashok9177](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ashok9177)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-authenticate-user-elastic-after-restart-service/128477/1 "2018-04-18T07:51:27Z")
I have installed x-pack 6.2 , and changed all user passwords with below command
> > bin/x-pack/setup-passwords interactive
then updated user and password in kibana.yml and elasticsearch.yml after some time i restart docker container , then new passwords are not working , i got error message
```
Failed to authenticate user 'elastic' against http://172.17.0.2:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty
```
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-authenticate-user-elastic-after-restart-service/128477/2 "2018-04-18T08:49:21Z")
> [@ashok9177](#):
>
> i got error message
Where did you get that error message?
That looks like an error message from `setup-passwords`. Are you attempting to run that command a second time? That won't work, it can only be used once.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-authenticate-user-elastic-after-restart-service/128477/3 "2018-05-16T08:49:42Z")
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