# Will Shield allow some unauthenticated users?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-shield-allow-some-unauthenticated-users/29636>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [September 19, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-shield-allow-some-unauthenticated-users/29636 "2015-09-19T15:14:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![John\_Damore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@John\_Damore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/John_Damore)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-shield-allow-some-unauthenticated-users/29636/1 "2015-09-19T15:14:52Z")

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I'd like to mix authenticated and unauthenticated users (with a single default access level). Will shield allow me to do that?

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**Author:** ![John\_Damore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@John\_Damore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/John_Damore)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-shield-allow-some-unauthenticated-users/29636/2 "2015-09-19T19:19:34Z")

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ok, found it

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/anonymous-access.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/anonymous-access.html)

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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, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-shield-allow-some-unauthenticated-users/29636/3 "2017-07-06T13:48:22Z")

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