# Kibana login broken after trying to enable reporting. "You do not have permission to access the requested page" message - Need help to fix it **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [January 15, 2026, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-broken-after-trying-to-enable-reporting-you-do-not-have-permission-to-access-the-requested-page-message-need-help-to-fix-it/384554 "2026-01-15T10:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Tortoise](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tortoise/32/147587_2.png) [@Tortoise](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tortoise)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-broken-after-trying-to-enable-reporting-you-do-not-have-permission-to-access-the-requested-page-message-need-help-to-fix-it/384554/2 "2026-01-15T10:34:46Z")
Hello @eparreiras Welcome to the community!! Could you please share the username with which you are trying to access Kibana? Also, if possible, please share the `kibana.yml` file with all sensitive values (like node addresses, usernames, and passwords) hashed or obfuscated." Similar post : > [@Enable Xpack on Docker single node, getting "You do not have permission to access the requested page"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enable-xpack-on-docker-single-node-getting-you-do-not-have-permission-to-access-the-requested-page/255911/2): > > Did you use the actual Kibana system user? (username "kibana\_system" or "kibana" [deprecated]) It might sound counterintuitive, but this is the account that the Kibana server itself uses to authenticate with Elasticsearch. It intentionally has very limited permissions, you cannot log into Kibana with that account. Edit: Further information can be found in the docs: [Configure security in Kibana | Kibana Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/using-kibana-with-security.html) This must be a user who has been assigned [Kibana privileges](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-privileges.html). Kiba… Thanks!! --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-broken-after-trying-to-enable-reporting-you-do-not-have-permission-to-access-the-requested-page-message-need-help-to-fix-it/384554)._