# Kibana Security Settings

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005 "2020-01-07T08:23:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ulas.keskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@ulas.keskin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ulas.keskin)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/1 "2020-01-07T08:23:38Z")

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Hi,  
While I'm using security tab on Kibana, I'm getting permission denied error.  
Kindly help on this  
thanks in advance

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/b/4bdf8ed0807129fcdcccfc0211695cf8c9adb886.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/4614f4643226b96fd9f276d8678a96c1a64ab419.png)

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/2 "2020-01-08T16:25:23Z")

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Hi, what version of Kibana is this?

Did you have to log in when you opened Kibana in the browser?

Are there any messages showing up in the Kibana server console?

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**Author:** ![ulas.keskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@ulas.keskin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ulas.keskin)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/3 "2020-01-27T06:38:21Z")

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First of all thanks for your reply.  
I have no related log under /var/log/kibana so there aren't any messages showing up in the Kibana server console.

the version 6.4.0

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/4 "2020-01-28T15:25:48Z")

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What user are you using to access that page. It probable doesn't have enough permissions to access that page.

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**Author:** ![ulas.keskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@ulas.keskin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ulas.keskin)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/5 "2020-01-29T07:20:20Z")

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thanks for your reply, there is no defined user to access that page. I

which file or path do i give permission

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/6 "2020-01-29T11:06:07Z")

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Can you post the result of the Get user API call for the user you're using to access that page?  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-api-get-user.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-api-get-user.html)

Also, if you want an user to access that page, the builtin `elastic` user will have the capabilities for it.

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**Author:** ![ulas.keskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@ulas.keskin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ulas.keskin)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/7 "2020-01-29T11:26:22Z")

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Thanks for your answers  
I got attached error

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/5/b553a5ae3e41f3f7853e8f10aa21d9d31bb42e4a.png)

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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:** [February 26, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-security-settings/214005/8 "2020-02-26T11:26:26Z")

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