Bug ID 526500: Manually adding username/password in ZebOS can cause imi to core

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP All(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
12.1.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.1, 11.6.0, 11.6.0

Fixed In:
12.1.0, 11.6.1 HF1

Opened: Jun 04, 2015

Severity: 3-Major

Related Article: K16978125

Symptoms

Manually adding a username and encrypted password into ZebOS, either by using imish command line, or by modifying zebos.conf directly, might cause imi to core.

Impact

The user interface to ZebOS, imi, might core. Other functionality should not be affected.

Conditions

Manually modifying the zebos.conf configuration file or adding a non-existing user using imish.

Workaround

Do not add the configuration manually in ZebOS. Use the BIG-IP system facilities for adding/modifying ZebOS users.

Fix Information

imi no longer cores when attempting to add a user via the imish command line.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

K10134038: F5 Bug Tracker Filter Names and Tips