# Permissions on index types

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-on-index-types/49109
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-on-index-types/49109 "2016-05-03T21:23:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Bobby\_Pilot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bobby_pilot/32/1186_2.png) [@Bobby\_Pilot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bobby_Pilot)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-on-index-types/49109/1 "2016-05-03T21:23:58Z")

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The current documentation shows how to configure permissions for a given index (or index pattern). If field level security is being used, it must assume the fields are for all types within that index... I need to be able to specif different permissions within the same index across different types.

Is there a way to specify different permissions for the different types within an index?

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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: [July 6, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permissions-on-index-types/49109/2 "2017-07-06T13:44:48Z")

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