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thagmann_128177
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Nov 24, 2004

BIGIP 9.0 - Root vs. Other Accounts

Based on iControl testing we are doing, when we try to auth an IControl request to the BIGIP using the root account/correct pass we keep getting "401: Authorization Required" errors. When I do the sa...
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Joe_Pruitt
Nov 24, 2004
iControl uses the same authentication mechanisms as the web gui. I believe that by default the "root" user is not defined in the gui's authentication database. In the gui, if you look under System and click on Users you more than likely won't see "root" listed. I believe root is meant to be a console only login.

 

 

With that being said, you can create new users in the gui for both web gui access as well as iControl.

 

 

-Joe