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title: "Disable / enable basic authentication to CUE Admin"
canonical: "https://docs.cuesystem.com/space/Dep/845545476/Disable%20%2F%20enable%20basic%20authentication%20to%20CUE%20Admin"
format: markdown
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> ⚠️ Before you change Basic authentication settings, read this chapter carefully: [https://cue.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TAM/pages/844693546](https://cue.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TAM/pages/844693546)

If you want to disable/enable basic authentication to CUE Admin, you need to add the following section to the *override.json* file. If o*verride.json* does not contain this section, basic authentication is enabled by default.

```
{
	"Admin":
	{
		"BasicAuthentication": false
	}
}
```

#### Parameters 

BasicAuthentication

true = enable Basic Authentication (default value)

false = disable Basic Authentication