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LuigiGatti_3285's avatar
LuigiGatti_3285
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Jul 27, 2017

Local User Passwords from Policy

Hi everybody. A question about local users on APM. We would like to give our users the possibility to change the password of their local user from the logon portal. I have seen that it can be done wi...
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BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)
Martijn_144688's avatar
Martijn_144688
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Aug 07, 2017

Hi,

 

As far a I know, you can write to the local user database for the following actions:

 

  1. Increment or reset number of login failures.
  2. Change lockout status
  3. Force password change at next login
  4. Personal information

Password change by the user is not one of them.

 

Martijn.

 

boneyard's avatar
boneyard
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Aug 07, 2017

if you can do 3 then you pretty much have it worked out. sure it is only on the next login, but it is a way.