how to change ipmi user with one command

Question

i want to change existing user password. i ran this command ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U USER -P 'PASSWORD' user set password 10 "&UJM2wsx"

i got an error IPMI command failed: Request data field length limit exceeded Set User Password command failed (user 10)

when i ran same command without password at the end i was prompted to insert password twice and it worked. is there a way to echo password twice to ipmitool user set password command?

p.s i tried to delete the user and re create it but there is not delete option from cli only from web gui

Answer 1

It doesn't require to echo the password twice, both must work. Not sure, why you are getting data field length exceed error.

try it with ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U USER -P 'PASSWORD' user set password 10 "&UJM2wsx" -v

also with ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U USER -P 'PASSWORD' user set password 10 "&UJM2wsx" -vv

Also, make sure user 10 is having a proper user name first, with "ipmitool user list" command.