# Problems enabling authentication to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-enabling-authentication-to-elasticsearch/236942>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problems-enabling-authentication-to-elasticsearch/236942 "2020-06-12T19:57:42Z")\
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I ran the x-pack password auto command this morning... I did not see the username as kibana\_system.

Am I missing something?

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