# Security\_exception: action \[indices:admin/rollover\] is unauthorized for user \[beats\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-action-indices-admin-rollover-is-unauthorized-for-user-beats/214345>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 9, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-action-indices-admin-rollover-is-unauthorized-for-user-beats/214345 "2020-01-09T05:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![huanqingdong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@huanqingdong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/huanqingdong)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-action-indices-admin-rollover-is-unauthorized-for-user-beats/214345/1 "2020-01-09T05:36:01Z")

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user beats now has two role : beats\_amdin(build in), beats\_c(created by myself).  
beats\_c role as the pic show

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/9/59e599a51424dc84638a7ed41fa8fd03908f846a.png)

what privilege shoud i add to beats\_c to avoid the error  
security\_exception: action [indices:admin/rollover] is unauthorized for user [beats]

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/7/17193fdb60895e770f4587da4f0b00e5a311073a.png)

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**Author:** ![trunet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/trunet/32/60635_2.png) [@trunet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trunet)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-action-indices-admin-rollover-is-unauthorized-for-user-beats/214345/2 "2020-01-13T09:34:05Z")

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I'm also having this on filebeat...

My discussion is [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-ilm-permission-error/214617)

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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 10, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-exception-action-indices-admin-rollover-is-unauthorized-for-user-beats/214345/3 "2020-02-10T09:34:09Z")

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