# Getting unauthorized when doing GET on indices with a read-only user

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-unauthorized-when-doing-get-on-indices-with-a-read-only-user/246129
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-unauthorized-when-doing-get-on-indices-with-a-read-only-user/246129 "2020-08-24T14:03:09Z")
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### Author: ![cotjoey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@cotjoey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cotjoey)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-unauthorized-when-doing-get-on-indices-with-a-read-only-user/246129/4 "2020-08-26T20:07:47Z")

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I fixed my 2nd question in this post:

> [@Kibana 7.9.0 - 403 Forbidden on /api/kibana/settings](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-9-0-403-forbidden-on-api-kibana-settings/246201/2):
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> Hello @cotjoey - Its attempting to set the defaultIndex because none is set. If you log in as a user with sufficient privileges it will be set and the error will no longer appear.

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