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

Nishanth_MS's avatar
Nishanth_MS
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Feb 09, 2023

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