# Shield Integration With LDAP

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-integration-with-ldap/44311>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-integration-with-ldap/44311 "2016-03-14T11:27:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![furqan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@furqan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/furqan)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-integration-with-ldap/44311/1 "2016-03-14T11:27:04Z")

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Hi  
I am facing issues in bypassing the authentication.  
Can anyone please let me know how i can bypass authentication for LDAP

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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:** [March 15, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-integration-with-ldap/44311/2 "2016-03-15T03:06:08Z")

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You can setup an anonymous user - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/2.2/anonymous-access.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/2.2/anonymous-access.html)

But what's the point in having authentication if you just want to bypass it?

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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, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-integration-with-ldap/44311/3 "2017-07-06T13:46:05Z")

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