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[[security-api-change-password]]
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=== Change passwords API
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<titleabbrev>Change passwords</titleabbrev>
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Changes the passwords of users in the native realm and built-in users.
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[[security-api-change-password-request]]
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==== {api-request-title}
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`POST /_security/user/_password` +
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`POST /_security/user/<username>/_password`
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[[security-api-change-password-prereqs]]
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==== {api-prereq-title}
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* Every user can change their own password. Users with the `manage_security`
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privilege can change passwords of other users.
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[[security-api-change-password-desc]]
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==== {api-description-title}
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You can use the <<security-api-put-user,create user API>> to update everything
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but a user's `username` and `password`. This API changes a user's password.
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For more information about the native realm, see
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{stack-ov}/realms.html[Realms] and <<configuring-native-realm>>.
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[[security-api-change-password-path-params]]
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==== {api-path-parms-title}
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`username`::
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(Optional, string) The user whose password you want to change. If you do not specify
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this parameter, the password is changed for the current user.
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[[security-api-change-password-request-body]]
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==== {api-request-body-title}
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`password`::
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(Required, string) The new password value.
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[[security-api-change-password-example]]
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==== {api-examples-title}
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The following example updates the password for the `jacknich` user:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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POST /_security/user/jacknich/_password
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{
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"password" : "s3cr3t"
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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// TEST[setup:jacknich_user]
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A successful call returns an empty JSON structure.
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[source,console-result]
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--------------------------------------------------
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{}
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--------------------------------------------------
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