# Password reset of elastic user

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096 "2020-08-15T12:08:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bhargav\_bharat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhargav_bharat/32/58025_2.png) [@bhargav\_bharat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhargav_bharat)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096/1 "2020-08-15T12:08:09Z")

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I lost my "elastic" user password and now I am unable to change.

Error I am getting when I run below mention command.

**root@siem:** /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# ./elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive

Failed to authenticate user 'elastic' against [http://192.168.1.58:9200/\_security/\_authenticate?pretty](http://192.168.1.58:9200/_security/_authenticate?pretty)  
Possible causes include:

- The password for the 'elastic' user has already been changed on this cluster
- Your elasticsearch node is running against a different keystore  
This tool used the keystore at /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore

ERROR: Failed to verify bootstrap password

Thank you,  
Bhargav

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096/2 "2020-08-17T07:32:28Z")

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See [Tim's answer here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-authentication-issue/121632/7) please as it describes the possible solutions for your question

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**Author:** ![bhargav\_bharat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhargav_bharat/32/58025_2.png) [@bhargav\_bharat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhargav_bharat)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096/3 "2020-08-18T16:30:38Z")

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Hello Ikakavas,

Thank you for your response but I don't have any path like this "bin/x-pack/users" and also don't know how to add file realm in elastic.  
Let me know if you have any solution.

Thank you,  
Bhargav

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096/4 "2020-08-19T14:17:42Z")

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> [@bhargav\_bharat](#):
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> I don't have any path like this "bin/x-pack/users"

It's `bin/elasticsearch-users` in version 7.

> [@bhargav\_bharat](#):
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> and also don't know how to add file realm in elastic.

See [our docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.9/file-realm.html)

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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:** [September 16, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/password-reset-of-elastic-user/245096/5 "2020-09-16T14:17:48Z")

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