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CONTAP-340655: The fsxadmin user experiences an authentication failure while attempting to update its password in 9.14.1P8 and later releases.

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Issue

Changing fsxadmin user password on release 9.14.1P8 and later releases failing with an error message as below:
FsxId00000000000000000::> security login password -username fsxadmin
Enter a new password:
Enter it again:
Error: command failed: Authentication failed.


 

 

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