# X-Pack Security: no pw for beats\_system? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [May 22, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259 "2019-05-22T14:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarcusCaepio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcuscaepio/32/32458_2.png) [@MarcusCaepio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarcusCaepio)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259/1 "2019-05-22T14:55:02Z")
Hi all, thanks for making X-Pack Security free with 7.1. I am trying to set it up right now. I don't want to need a password for the monitoirng beats data, so how can I disable the need for a password for the beats\_system user ? Regards, Marcus ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259/2 "2019-05-23T03:12:57Z")
It is not possible to have a user without a password. What exactly are you trying to achieve here? ---
**Author:** ![MarcusCaepio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcuscaepio/32/32458_2.png) [@MarcusCaepio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarcusCaepio)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259/3 "2019-05-23T06:35:05Z")
Basically I am trying to archive to not needing a password for the beats. But when this is not possible, let me ask my question in other words: Which priviliges do I have to give a role named "beats", where the beats are only allowed to write into elasticsearch (with templates, monitoring and everything else, what beats do) but no read rights? ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259/4 "2019-05-24T02:21:11Z")
Let's back up a moment. _Why_ do you want to not have a password for this? I can probably help you solve you problem, but _I want to turn on security but then have a user that doesn't need to authenticate_ doesn't make much sense to me. If you can explain your reasoning for this, I might be able to get you the answer you need. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusCaepio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcuscaepio/32/32458_2.png) [@MarcusCaepio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarcusCaepio)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259/5 "2019-05-28T05:38:39Z")
I thought it would be able to let a "beat" just push into elastic, so I don't have to edit all configs of my beats in the whole network. But as it is necessary, I only want the beats to be able to write into elastic and let them import dashboards, but no read rights. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-no-pw-for-beats-system/182259/6 "2019-06-25T05:38:43Z")
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