# Kibana dashboard share without login

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-share-without-login/129997
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [April 30, 2018, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-share-without-login/129997 "2018-04-30T08:52:23Z")
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### Author: ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-dashboard-share-without-login/129997/6 "2018-05-01T23:38:54Z")

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Could you try giving the user read and view\_index\_metadata privileges on .kibana? That should give the user read-only access to the dashboard. Note, however, that UI elements to alter the dashboard will still be shown but they just won't function.

Cheers  
Rashmi

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