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how to reset the password using REST API

splunk47 — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:05:11 GMT

kindly suggest how to reset the password of splunk user using REST API

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

MuS — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:42:06 GMT

Hi splunk47,

take a look at the docs http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/RESTREF/RESTaccess#POST_authentication.2Fusers.2F.7Bname.7D_method_detail how to use REST api to do this.

cheers, MuS

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

splunk47 — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 06:25:00 GMT

if i want to change only admin password by supplying old and new password ... how this can be achieved through rest api

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

MuS — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 06:46:06 GMT

It's all in the docs http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/RESTREF/RESTaccessExamples#authentication.2Fusers.2F.7Bname.7D_POST read it, try it with a test user - succeed 😉

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

splunk47 — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 06:51:08 GMT

ok thanks .. i think storage password section will me more appropriate for changing password

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

srinathd — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:02:31 GMT

In the search head i tried to change the password of a user using below command, i got the success xml response but with the new password i am not able to login.

curl -k -u admin:temp https://localhost:8089/servicesNS/nobody/search/storage/passwords/user1 -d password=pwd_temp

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

MuS — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:10:25 GMT

Just did that:

curl -k -u admin:changeme https://localhost:8089/services/authentication/users/admin -d password=changeme123

and it worked like a charm check the URL you used, looks different to mine...

Re: how to reset the password using REST API

yannK — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:27:58 GMT

An admin can change anyone else password, with just the new password.

curl -k -u admin:adminpassword https://localhost:8089/services/authentication/users/testuser -d password=Passwordnew

but an user need to pass it's old and new password to do it :

curl -k -u testuser:Passwordold https://localhost:8089/services/authentication/users/testuser -d password=Passwordnew -d oldpassword=Passwordold