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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion troubleshoot/elasticsearch/file-based-recovery.md
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* [Custom roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/defining-roles.md) defined under the {{stack}} {{security-features}}
* Roles defined in [`roles.yml`](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/defining-roles.md#roles-management-file)

{{es}} recommends following the industry's [principle of least privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege) when granting user permissions. {{es}} follows this guidance itself by [restricting system indices](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/role-structure.md#roles-indices-priv) by default, even from [`superuser` role](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/roles.md#available-roles) administrators including the [`elastic` built-in user](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/built-in-users.md).
{{es}} recommends following the industry's [principle of least privilege](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege) when granting user permissions. {{es}} follows this guidance itself by [restricting system indices](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/role-structure.md#roles-indices-priv) by default, even from [`superuser` role](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/roles.md) administrators including the [`elastic` built-in user](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/built-in-users.md).

The main {{stack}} {{security-features}} rely on the `security` [feature state](/deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore.md) which is mostly composed of the `.security*` [system indices](elasticsearch://reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/api-conventions.md#system-indices). When recovering {{stack}} {{security-features}}, you will likely need to temporarily define a custom role with the [`allow_restricted_indices` setting](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-security-put-role) enabled.

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