# How to get user info in kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [April 27, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806 "2017-04-27T07:24:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Riyazur_Rahaman)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806/1 "2017-04-27T07:24:24Z")

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getting window login user details in kibana or using plugin

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### Author: ![BigFunger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigfunger/32/7323_2.png) [@BigFunger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BigFunger)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806/2 "2017-04-27T15:38:52Z")

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What are you attempting to accomplish?

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### Author: ![Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Riyazur_Rahaman)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806/3 "2017-05-02T08:58:44Z")

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I just want to restrict info based on user role

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### Author: ![Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Riyazur_Rahaman)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806/4 "2017-05-02T08:59:23Z")

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or I just want to get the user info. I will work around it.

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### Author: ![Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Riyazur\_Rahaman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Riyazur_Rahaman)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806/5 "2017-05-04T05:40:51Z")

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just a gentle remainder

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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: [June 1, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-user-info-in-kibana/83806/6 "2017-06-01T05:47:21Z")

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