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Admin can login via SSH, but unable to change password due to "Authentication failed"

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ONTAP 9

Issue

Admin user is able to login to a cluster via SSH, but when running the command security login password, it fails due to "Authentication failed"

Admin user is unable to login to System Manager, despite using a known good password and having ONTAPI enabled.

 

 

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