VCF on VxRail: Rotating Mystic User Account Password Fails

Summary: Rotating Mystic user account password fails with an error "Current password: You must wait longer to change your password passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged" ...

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Symptoms

Rotating Mystic user account password fails with an error.

Cause: Current password: You must wait longer to change your password passwd: 
Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged

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Cause

The Minimum number of days required for password change is set to, for example 7. This prompts an error message:  
Cause: Current password: You must wait longer to change your password passwd: 
Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged

Resolution

To resolve this issue:

  1. Log in to VxRail Manager as Mystic.
  2. Change to SU.
  3. Run the command: 
# chage -d 0 mystic
  1. Retry the rotation from SDDC Manager for the mystic user again.

Additional Information

Getting an error as "You must wait longer to change your password" while changing the user password in Red Hat Enter. This hyperlink is taking you to a website outside of Dell Technologies.

Affected Products

VxRail E560 VCF, VxRail E560F VCF, VxRail E560N VCF, VxRail G560 VCF, VxRail G560F VCF, VxRail P570 VCF, VxRail P570F VCF, VxRail P580N VCF, VxRail S570 VCF, VxRail V570 VCF

Products

VxRail V570F VCF
Article Properties
Article Number: 000225075
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 14 Jul 2025
Version:  4
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