Last Modified: Jun 19, 2025
Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade, LTM
Known Affected Versions:
14.1.0, 14.1.0.1, 14.1.0.2, 14.1.0.3, 14.1.0.5, 14.1.0.6, 14.1.2, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.4, 14.1.2.5, 14.1.2.6, 14.1.2.7, 14.1.2.8, 14.1.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.1.4, 14.1.4.1, 14.1.4.2, 14.1.4.3, 14.1.4.4, 14.1.4.5, 14.1.4.6, 14.1.5, 14.1.5.1, 14.1.5.2, 14.1.5.3, 14.1.5.4, 14.1.5.6, 15.0.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.1.1, 15.0.1.2, 15.0.1.3, 15.0.1.4, 16.0.0, 16.0.0.1, 16.0.1, 16.0.1.1, 16.0.1.2, 17.0.0, 17.0.0.1, 17.0.0.2
Opened: Oct 03, 2024 Severity: 4-Minor
Manually running cpcfg to copy the config to a destination volume results in /etc/group.lock and /etc/passwd.lock getting left behind. That may causes issues after booting into the destination volume and trying to change passwords.
Certain methods of changing passwords do not work. A log message similar to the following: Can't change user password for user admin (couldn't read from `/etc/passwd.lock': Failed to open file '/etc/passwd.lock': Permission denied)]
Running cpcfg
Remove the files manually and retry the password change. rm -f /etc/passwd.lock /etc/group.lock
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