# I am getting elastic search security exception

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/i-am-getting-elastic-search-security-exception/771>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/i-am-getting-elastic-search-security-exception/771 "2018-02-01T09:56:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kanchankachare88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kanchankachare88](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/kanchankachare88)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/i-am-getting-elastic-search-security-exception/771/1 "2018-02-01T09:56:02Z")

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When asking questions, please provide the following information:

Search Guard and Elasticsearch version: 6

- Installed and used enterprise modules, if any

- JVM version and operating system version: 8 and windows 7

- searchguard plugin

ElasticsearchSecurityException[No user found for indices:data/read/get]

No user found for indices:data/read/get from 172.21.214.154:63872 TRANSPORT via netty {Authorization=Basic [B@6f330eb9}

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**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/i-am-getting-elastic-search-security-exception/771/2 "2018-02-01T22:12:51Z")

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That’s not nearly enough information so that we can help you. Please provide steps to reproduce the behavior you’re seeing like:

- your Search Guard config files

- your elasticsearch.yml config files

- the Elasticsearch logs when the error occurs

- the request that triggered the error

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> On Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 10:56:02 AM UTC+1, [kanchankachare88@gmail.com](mailto:kanchankachare88@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > When asking questions, please provide the following information:
> 
> > Search Guard and Elasticsearch version: 6
> 
> > - Installed and used enterprise modules, if any
> 
> > - JVM version and operating system version: 8 and windows 7
> 
> > - searchguard plugin
> 
> > 
> 
> > ElasticsearchSecurityException[No user found for indices:data/read/get]
> 
> > 
> 
> > No user found for indices:data/read/get from [172.21.214.154:63872](http://172.21.214.154:63872) TRANSPORT via netty {Authorization=Basic [B@6f330eb9}
> 
> >