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Generate and retrieve the password for an NDMP user

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GET /protocols/ndmp/svms/{svm.uuid}/passwords/{user}

Introduced In: 9.9

Generates and retrieves the password for the specified NDMP user.

  • vserver services ndmp generate-password

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

svm.uuid

string

path

True

SVM UUID

user

string

path

True

User name

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

_links

_links

password

string

NDMP Password

svm

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.

user

string

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

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response codes

Error code Description

65601536

The operation is not supported because NDMP SVM-aware mode is disabled.

65601560

An NDMP-specific password is not supported for authentication type "plaintext_sso".
Name Type Description

error

returned_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

svm

SVM, applies only to SVM-scoped objects.

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM. This field cannot be specified in a PATCH method.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM. This field cannot be specified in a PATCH method.

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

returned_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.