Symptoms

There is no warning prompt when a user changes a password using 'set-password' via ConfD CLI, which led to confusion for users since, at the next login, the user who set the password is forced to update the password

Impact

Users experienced confusion because there was no warning when setting the password, leading to a mandatory update at the next login.

Conditions

-- Create a user with any role (username = abc) -- Try to set the password for the newly created user -- No warning prompt was given -- Login using 'abc' -- The user abc is forced to update the password

Workaround

Mitigation work was done to have a prompt message when a user runs the command 'set-password'.

Fix Information

Adding a warning prompt for the 'set-password' command.

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips