| Description | This article describes how to resolve the issue whereby password changing of the 'root' user over SSH failed on a Linux OS machine. |
| Scope | FortiPAM v1.5. |
| Solution |
When trying to change the 'root' user password for a Linux secret, an error 'secret server password change error.
~~reproduce the issue~~
diag debug disable
The output may show:
This is because the default 'SSH Password (Unix)' password changer is not catered to change passwords for 'root' users, as there are rarely use-cases to change 'root' user's passwords over SSH.
To resolve this, clone the default 'SSH Password (Unix)' password changer, remove step3 and step4 on the new password changer, and use the new password changer.
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