From 679ef6a744d06d8399019c23543c1898efb6ecc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:32:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Added _xpack_security internal user (elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#2541) Original commit: elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch@d1c87af3356680e60dbff7f817f799ee41701fda --- docs/en/security/authentication.asciidoc | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/security/authentication.asciidoc b/docs/en/security/authentication.asciidoc index 5e20a80cab2..3674e3951e7 100644 --- a/docs/en/security/authentication.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/security/authentication.asciidoc @@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ be set before the user can be used. [[internal-users]] === Internal Users -{security} has two _internal_ users (`_system` and `_xpack`) that are -responsible for the operations that take place inside an Elasticsearch cluster. +{security} has three _internal_ users (`_system`, `_xpack`, and `_xpack_security`) +that are responsible for the operations that take place inside an {es} cluster. These users are only used by requests that originate from within the cluster. -For this reason, they cannot be used to authenticate against the API, and there +For this reason, they cannot be used to authenticate against the API and there is no password to manage or reset. From time-to-time you may find a reference to one of these users inside your