Bug ID 1750581: Changing password via confd is not working when appliance-mode is enabled (partition).

Last Modified: Dec 18, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-C(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-C 1.6.0, F5OS-C 1.6.1, F5OS-C 1.6.2, F5OS-C 1.6.4

Opened: Nov 15, 2024

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

When appliance mode is enabled, changing the password using set-password/change-password fails. The issue persists even after appliance mode is disabled. Once the issue happens, it will continue to fail until you restart the partition (disable -> enable).

Impact

You are not able to change the password when appliance-mode is enabled. User_manager can also crash.

Conditions

- F5OS-C and a partition - Enable appliance-mode on partition - Change the password using set-password/change-password

Workaround

Disable appliance-mode, then restart the partition. (config)# system appliance-mode config disabled (config)# commit (config)# partitions partition default config disabled (config)# commit (config)# partitions partition default config enabled (config)# commit (config)# exit

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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