# User and password for Indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-and-password-for-indices/27390>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 14, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-and-password-for-indices/27390 "2015-08-14T11:46:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pramod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@pramod](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pramod)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-and-password-for-indices/27390/1 "2015-08-14T11:46:22Z")

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hello

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  my question is  

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1. I want to set up user name and password for the respective indices and for fields so the respeective person can only read the data not write . for some field only accessing .

i used this site [https://github.com/codelibs/elasticsearch-auth](https://github.com/codelibs/elasticsearch-auth).

plz help me as soon as possiable

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-and-password-for-indices/27390/2 "2015-08-14T11:49:56Z")

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Are you asking how to use the elasticsearch-auth plugin? If so, what specifically are you having problems with?

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**Author:** ![pramod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@pramod](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pramod)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-and-password-for-indices/27390/3 "2015-08-14T11:57:13Z")

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thank you for responding sir

1. i want to set password for my Indices . is it possible ? even for filed .

when i get r put the data from Indices by curl then it should ask password .  
is it possible sir

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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 5, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/user-and-password-for-indices/27390/4 "2017-07-05T23:55:47Z")

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