https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-we-validate-Splunk-UF-password-change/m-p/648569#M13032 <P>We are attempting to change the password across all Universal forwarders using the command found in <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.5/Security/ConfigureuserswiththeCLI" target="_self">this link</A> which references this command:</P> <P><SPAN>./splunk edit user admin -password 'fflanda$' -role admin -auth admin:changeme</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Everything seems to run with no errors, however, how do we validate the password was actually changed to the correct one?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Prior to the change I would remotely browse a host with a UF (<A href="https://IP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://IP</A> ADDRESS:8089) &gt; Click on services &gt; enter admin followed by default password and it would proceed to authenticate me.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>After the password change I would follow the same process but instead the password box kept re-occurring after every password attempt indicating that the password may not have been set correctly.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>How would we validate that the actual password has been change on the UF?</P> Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:09:42 GMT bbaker070 2023-06-30T15:09:42Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-we-validate-Splunk-UF-password-change/m-p/648569#M13032 <P>We are attempting to change the password across all Universal forwarders using the command found in <A href="https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.0.5/Security/ConfigureuserswiththeCLI" target="_self">this link</A> which references this command:</P> <P><SPAN>./splunk edit user admin -password 'fflanda$' -role admin -auth admin:changeme</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Everything seems to run with no errors, however, how do we validate the password was actually changed to the correct one?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Prior to the change I would remotely browse a host with a UF (<A href="https://IP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://IP</A> ADDRESS:8089) &gt; Click on services &gt; enter admin followed by default password and it would proceed to authenticate me.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>After the password change I would follow the same process but instead the password box kept re-occurring after every password attempt indicating that the password may not have been set correctly.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>How would we validate that the actual password has been change on the UF?</P> Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:09:42 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/How-do-we-validate-Splunk-UF-password-change/m-p/648569#M13032 bbaker070 2023-06-30T15:09:42Z