diff --git a/lib/plugins/authad/conf/metadata.php b/lib/plugins/authad/conf/metadata.php
index 29f9a5ae93154691a14b41006a893fd9e4d2e16a..7b4f895d0d19dfc55cf0ac59a3270d32730bac94 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authad/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authad/conf/metadata.php
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ $meta['admin_password']     = array('password','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['real_primarygroup']  = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['use_ssl']            = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['use_tls']            = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
-$meta['debug']              = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
+$meta['debug']              = array('onoff','_caution' => 'security');
 $meta['expirywarn']         = array('numeric', '_min'=>0,'_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['additional']         = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authldap/conf/metadata.php b/lib/plugins/authldap/conf/metadata.php
index a165a322cbd05ad3b6761cf896b4c16aabbbb1b5..6aa53c40d91e7b4d001a0eb74c5cc6b9a1bdcb3e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authldap/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authldap/conf/metadata.php
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $meta['bindpw']      = array('password','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['userscope']   = array('multichoice','_choices' => array('sub','one','base'),'_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['groupscope']  = array('multichoice','_choices' => array('sub','one','base'),'_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['groupkey']    = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
-$meta['debug']       = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
\ No newline at end of file
+$meta['debug']       = array('onoff','_caution' => 'security');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authmysql/conf/metadata.php b/lib/plugins/authmysql/conf/metadata.php
index 73e9ec1a8addf4efeb40202500c6287a63834a0b..54d6f14041161cf916ed19bc41a997f7aa581c97 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authmysql/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authmysql/conf/metadata.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $meta['user']             = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['password']         = array('password','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['database']         = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['charset']          = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
-$meta['debug']            = array('multichoice','_choices' => array(0,1,2),'_caution' => 'danger');
+$meta['debug']            = array('multichoice','_choices' => array(0,1,2),'_caution' => 'security');
 $meta['forwardClearPass'] = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['TablesToLock']     = array('array','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['checkPass']        = array('','_caution' => 'danger');
diff --git a/lib/plugins/authpgsql/conf/metadata.php b/lib/plugins/authpgsql/conf/metadata.php
index 9868cf9b5b7ca7efe1984598b7ad5bd32cce6d4c..fbd0512702fb668351cb48d7916fa0cd8199899e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/authpgsql/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/authpgsql/conf/metadata.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $meta['port']             = array('numeric','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['user']             = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['password']         = array('password','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['database']         = array('string','_caution' => 'danger');
-$meta['debug']            = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
+$meta['debug']            = array('onoff','_caution' => 'security');
 $meta['forwardClearPass'] = array('onoff','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['checkPass']        = array('','_caution' => 'danger');
 $meta['getUserInfo']      = array('','_caution' => 'danger');