# Kibana 7.9.0 - 403 Forbidden on /api/kibana/settings

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-9-0-403-forbidden-on-api-kibana-settings/246201
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-9-0-403-forbidden-on-api-kibana-settings/246201 "2020-08-25T00:54:59Z")
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### Author: ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-7-9-0-403-forbidden-on-api-kibana-settings/246201/2 "2020-08-25T18:26:42Z")

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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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