# Index lifecycle error, unauthorized for user

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-error-unauthorized-for-user/251442>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** ilm-index-lifecycle-management\
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-error-unauthorized-for-user/251442 "2020-10-08T12:58:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![whysmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e36b37/32.png) [@whysmer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/whysmer)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-error-unauthorized-for-user/251442/1 "2020-10-08T12:58:52Z")

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Hello,

I have the following error for rollover & index winlogbeat:

> Index lifecycle error  
> security\_exception: action [indices:admin/rollover] is unauthorized for user [beats\_admin]

This user have exactly the same permission for filebeat and I have no error for filebeat indexes.  
I even tried to give beats\_admin superuser right but I still have the same error.  
Is there a way to fix this ???

Best regards

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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:** [November 5, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-lifecycle-error-unauthorized-for-user/251442/2 "2020-11-05T12:58:54Z")

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