how to reset the password using REST API

[splunk47]

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

[MuS · Accepted solution]

Hi splunk47,

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

cheers, MuS

[splunk47]

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

[yannK]

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

[MuS]

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

[srinathd]

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

[MuS]

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...

[splunk47]

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