# Question about failed authentication logging

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-failed-authentication-logging/281319>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 13, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-failed-authentication-logging/281319 "2021-08-13T08:34:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![borna\_talebi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/borna_talebi/32/76317_2.png) [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-failed-authentication-logging/281319/1 "2021-08-13T08:34:23Z")

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Hi  
I want to enable logging when a user failed to log in via Kibana web UI. But I'm sure where should I enable it. The documents were a bit confusing so I'm not sure should I make changes to `elasticsearch.yml` or `kibana.yml`.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-failed-authentication-logging/281319/2 "2021-08-13T08:53:53Z")

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I am not 100% sure that Kibana will do that, because you actually auth with Elasticsearch, not Kibana.

And I am pretty sure by default this is logged.

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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 10, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-failed-authentication-logging/281319/3 "2021-09-10T08:54:38Z")

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