Change passwords

PUT /_security/user/{username}/_password

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Change the passwords of users in the native realm and built-in users.

Parameters

Name	Type
`username` required The user whose password you want to change. If you do not specify this parameter, the password is changed for the current user.	type TypesUsername = string

Name	Type
`refresh` 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.	type TypesRefresh = "true" \| "false" \| "wait_for"

application/json required

{ password?:

TypesPassword

type TypesPassword = string

;password_hash?: string; }

200 application/json

{}