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Probably it is complaining about encrypted_password ?

Perhaps try this approach instead.

---# Playbook to change the password on Juniper Switches- name: Change password on Juniper Switch  hosts: Juniper_ex4300 # Switch group from inventory file  gather_facts: no # Not needed  collections:    - juniper.device  vars_prompt:    - name: username      prompt: Enter the username to update      private: no    - name: new_password      prompt: Enter the new password      private: yes      confirm: yes  tasks:    - name: Set password for the user      juniper.device.config:        load: set        lines:          - set system login user {{ username }} authentication plain-text-password-value "{{ new_password }}"        commit: yes        comment: "User password updated"

Regards,

Hi, thank you for the response. I've tried this approach already, along with just using "plain-text-password". The former produces the same error message as the encrypted-password method, and "plain-text-password" is only meant for CLI changes.

Probably it is complaining about encrypted_password ?

Perhaps try this approach instead.

---# Playbook to change the password on Juniper Switches- name: Change password on Juniper Switch  hosts: Juniper_ex4300 # Switch group from inventory file  gather_facts: no # Not needed  collections:    - juniper.device  vars_prompt:    - name: username      prompt: Enter the username to update      private: no    - name: new_password      prompt: Enter the new password      private: yes      confirm: yes  tasks:    - name: Set password for the user      juniper.device.config:        load: set        lines:          - set system login user {{ username }} authentication plain-text-password-value "{{ new_password }}"        commit: yes        comment: "User password updated"

Regards,

Hi, thank you for the response. I've tried this approach already, along with just using "plain-text-password". The former produces the same error message as the encrypted-password method, and "plain-text-password" is only meant for CLI changes.

Probably it is complaining about encrypted_password ?

Perhaps try this approach instead.

---# Playbook to change the password on Juniper Switches- name: Change password on Juniper Switch  hosts: Juniper_ex4300 # Switch group from inventory file  gather_facts: no # Not needed  collections:    - juniper.device  vars_prompt:    - name: username      prompt: Enter the username to update      private: no    - name: new_password      prompt: Enter the new password      private: yes      confirm: yes  tasks:    - name: Set password for the user      juniper.device.config:        load: set        lines:          - set system login user {{ username }} authentication plain-text-password-value "{{ new_password }}"        commit: yes        comment: "User password updated"

Regards,

Which version of Ansible are you using?

Thanks.

Hi, thank you for the response. I've tried this approach already, along with just using "plain-text-password". The former produces the same error message as the encrypted-password method, and "plain-text-password" is only meant for CLI changes.

Probably it is complaining about encrypted_password ?

Perhaps try this approach instead.

---# Playbook to change the password on Juniper Switches- name: Change password on Juniper Switch  hosts: Juniper_ex4300 # Switch group from inventory file  gather_facts: no # Not needed  collections:    - juniper.device  vars_prompt:    - name: username      prompt: Enter the username to update      private: no    - name: new_password      prompt: Enter the new password      private: yes      confirm: yes  tasks:    - name: Set password for the user      juniper.device.config:        load: set        lines:          - set system login user {{ username }} authentication plain-text-password-value "{{ new_password }}"        commit: yes        comment: "User password updated"

Regards,