Cmk-passwd does not work

[Anders]

CMK version: 2.1.p16
OS version: Centos 8

Error message:

I can’t change the password using either cmk-passwd or htpasswd
Whatever I do I always get login failed…

web.log says it’s locked.
2023-01-06 08:13:12,466 [30] [cmk.web.auth 3142255] Login failed for username: cmkadmin (existing: Yes, locked: Yes, failed logins until locked: -19), client: 10.0.101.108

It would be nice if the cmk-password would unlock any failed attempts (that I guess this refers to?) - Is there a way to manually fix this?

[kdeutsch (Karl Deutsch)]

Hi,
open the file cached_profile.mk in the directory var/check_mk/web/cmkadmin and replace:

'locked': True

with

'locked': False

… or have a look at these threads:

Unable to unlock cmkadmin user

Hi, I’m running CheckMK_2.0.0p1 on a Debian 10 server. I’ve locked the “cmkadmin” user and I’m not able to reactivate it and to log in into the console. I use htpasswd -m htpasswd cmkadmin to define a new, password, I check the password with htpasswd -v htpasswd cmkadmin and cat htpasswd to check the entry has been updated I try to log-in on the interface, I get an “invalid credential” error I check the htpasswd file with cat htpasswd then see the “!” in front oh the hash, and htpasswd -v h…

Resetting admin password not working

Hi, I think the user was locked because the password was entered incorrectly too often. Have a look at this post: Unable to unlock cmkadmin user Karl

Karl

[Anders]

Intersting, after changing locked to False, trying to login (just once) the profile is directly changed to True (with one “failed” attempt)

Only you could create another admin user from CLI.

If you specify another user, that does not exits with cmk-passwd it will actually create a user (as a normal user)