ndmp generate-password displays "Cannot get password for user"
Applies to
ONTAP 9
Issue
- When attempting to generate a password hash for a NDMP user, running this command generates an error:
vserver services ndmp generate-password -vserver vserver_name -user [user name]
Error: show failed: Cannot get password for user [user name]
- The error can appear for non-existent user accounts
- In this scenario, the user account exists, as verified by the command:
security login show -vserver [vserver_name]
- The error can appear when using a custom-made login role