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How to create a user from the command line and require password change upon first login?

bnorthway_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I need to create a user from the command line ("splunk add user") and require that user to change their password when they log in. The parameter for this option is not documented.

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bnorthway_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

With a little bit of guessing, I discovered that the parameter is "-force-change-pass true"

A complete example is:

./splunk add user alice -password password123 -role user -email alice@acme.com -full-name "Alice" -force-change-pass true

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bnorthway_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

With a little bit of guessing, I discovered that the parameter is "-force-change-pass true"

A complete example is:

./splunk add user alice -password password123 -role user -email alice@acme.com -full-name "Alice" -force-change-pass true

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