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andrescolo
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Jun 02, 2020

Change expired default root/admin password with RESTAPI

Hi, Im setting a new F5 VE 15.1 big ip, and first i want to change expired passwords. ACtually i can only do it from the brownser. Im have been testing the REST API like, but i cant make it work. ...
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Satoshi_Toyosa1
Ret. Employee
Jun 07, 2020

Try changing the admin password first by sending a PATCH request with "oldpassword" and "password" (not "newpassword") properties: e.g.,

curl -sku admin:admin https://<mgmtIP>/mgmt/shared/authz/users/admin \
  -X PATCH -H "Content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"oldPassword":"admin", "password":"superuser1000"}'

This action changes the admin password to "superuser1000". It also changes the root password to "superuser1000". See also K10612010.

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jibarri
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Jun 08, 2022

I see it changes the admin password but not root's. Am I missing something ? 

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    Nishanth_MS
    Ret. Employee
    Feb 09, 2023

    From this I understand, the change to both admin and root happens only when the passwords expire.