// tag::create-users[]
There are <<built-in-users,built-in users>> that you can use for specific
administrative purposes: `apm_system`, `beats_system`, `elastic`, `kibana_system`,
`logstash_system`,  and `remote_monitoring_user`.

// end::create-users[]

Before you can use them, you must set their passwords:

. Restart {es}. For example, if you installed {es} with a `.tar.gz` package, run
the following command from the {es} directory:
+
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["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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./bin/elasticsearch
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See {ref}/starting-elasticsearch.html[Starting {es}].
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. Set the built-in users' passwords.
+
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// tag::create-users[]
Run the following command from the {es} directory:

["source","sh",subs="attributes,callouts"]
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./bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive
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// end::create-users[]
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