Change passwords | Elasticsearch API documentation (original) (raw)

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Path parameters

• The user whose password you want to change. If you do not specify this parameter, the password is changed for the current user.

Query parameters

• If true (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false then do nothing with refreshes.
  Values are true, false, or wait_for.

application/json

Body Required

• A hash of the new password value. This must be produced using the same hashing algorithm as has been configured for password storage. For more details, see the explanation of the xpack.security.authc.password_hashing.algorithmsetting.