# Failure to change the password to elk **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [November 23, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-change-the-password-to-elk/319672 "2022-11-23T15:17:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jihen\_barbouche](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jihen_barbouche/32/112505_2.png) [@jihen\_barbouche](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jihen_barbouche)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-change-the-password-to-elk/319672/1 "2022-11-23T15:17:17Z")
hello there , i enabled the xpack and i want to change the password but i have this error connection failure to https://_._._._:9200/\_security/\_authentication?pretty failed: connection refused ![problem](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/2/22a3dd875179ca419ffba8f482ca61f73e359dd4.png) ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-change-the-password-to-elk/319672/2 "2022-11-23T19:36:37Z")
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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:** [December 21, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failure-to-change-the-password-to-elk/319672/3 "2022-12-21T19:36:47Z")
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