# Kibana login allways jumps to "kibana" user

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-allways-jumps-to-kibana-user/121371>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [February 25, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-allways-jumps-to-kibana-user/121371 "2018-02-25T10:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Janjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@Janjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janjan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-allways-jumps-to-kibana-user/121371/1 "2018-02-25T10:02:44Z")

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Hello,

I can't login to kibana as "elastic" user. When I enter "elastic" username and appropriate password, I always end up logged in as "kibana" user. Weird. Please, any ideas what could be wrong?

Thanks,  
Jan

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**Author:** ![Janjan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@Janjan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janjan)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-allways-jumps-to-kibana-user/121371/2 "2018-02-26T10:26:05Z")

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I tried to login from a computer that is not on my local network and it's working correctly...

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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:** [March 4, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-allways-jumps-to-kibana-user/121371/3 "2018-03-04T01:01:21Z")

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Am not sure I understand your exact scenario. Are there any logs to support this ?  
Elastic is a super user which is inbuilt into the system and kibana- user Kibana uses to connect and communicate with Elasticsearch. You can read more here on inbuilt roles. I would suggest you to check the `elasticsearch.yml` for the username and password what you have configured to interact with Kibana.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/setting-up-authentication.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/setting-up-authentication.html)

Thanks  
Rashmi

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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:** [April 1, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-allways-jumps-to-kibana-user/121371/4 "2018-04-01T01:01:40Z")

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