[DOCS] Clarifies xpack.security.enabled setting (#41904)

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Lisa Cawley 2019-07-24 09:29:11 -07:00 committed by lcawl
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[[general-security-settings]]
==== General Security Settings
`xpack.security.enabled`::
Set to `true` (default) to enable {security}. +
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Do not set this to `false`. To disable {security} entirely, see
{ref}/security-settings.html[{es} Security Settings]. +
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If set to `false` in `kibana.yml`, the login form, user and role management screens, and
authorization using <<kibana-privileges>> are disabled. +
By default, {kib} automatically detects whether to enable the
{security-features} based on the license and whether {es} {security-features}
are enabled.
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Do not set this to `false`; it disables the login form, user and role management
screens, and authorization using <<kibana-privileges>>. To disable
{security-features} entirely, see
{ref}/security-settings.html[{es} security settings].
`xpack.security.audit.enabled`::
Set to `true` to enable audit logging for security events. This is set to `false` by default.
For more details see <<xpack-security-audit-logging>>.
Set to `true` to enable audit logging for security events. By default, it is set
to `false`. For more details see <<xpack-security-audit-logging>>.
`xpack.security.authorization.legacyFallback`::
Set to `true` (default) to enable the legacy fallback. See <<xpack-security-authorization>>