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Update the user account password

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POST /security/authentication/password

Updates the password for a user account.

Required parameters

  • name - User account name.

  • password - New password for the user account.

Optional parameters

  • owner.name or owner.uuid - Name or UUID of the SVM for an SVM-scoped user account.

  • security login password

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Request Body

Name Type Description

name

string

The user account name whose password is being modified.

owner

owner

Owner name and UUID that uniquely identifies the user account. This field is optional and valid only when a cluster administrator is executing the API to uniquely identify the account whose password is being modified. The "owner" field is not required to be specified for SVM user accounts trying to modify their password.

password

string

The password string
Example request 
{
  "name": "string",
  "owner": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "password": "string"
}

Response

Status: 201, Created

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

7077919

Minimum length for new password does not meet the policy.

7077920

New password must have both letters and numbers.

7077921

Minimum number of special characters required do not meet the policy.

7077940

Password exceeds maximum supported length.

7077941

The defined password composition exceeds the maximum password length of 128 characters.

7077918

Password cannot contain the username.

7077924

New password must be different than last N passwords.

7077925

New password must be different to the old password.
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string"
      }
    ],
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

owner

Owner name and UUID that uniquely identifies the user account. This field is optional and valid only when a cluster administrator is executing the API to uniquely identify the account whose password is being modified. The "owner" field is not required to be specified for SVM user accounts trying to modify their password.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

account_password

The password object

Name Type Description

name

string

The user account name whose password is being modified.

owner

owner

Owner name and UUID that uniquely identifies the user account. This field is optional and valid only when a cluster administrator is executing the API to uniquely identify the account whose password is being modified. The "owner" field is not required to be specified for SVM user accounts trying to modify their password.

password

string

The password string

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.