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Changing the Password of a VPN User

Function

This API is used to change the password of a specified VPN user.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

PUT /v5/{project_id}/p2c-vpn-gateways/vpn-servers/{vpn_server_id}/users/{user_id}/password

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Type

Mandatory

Description

project_id

String

Yes

Specifies a project ID. You can obtain the project ID by referring to Obtaining the Project ID.

vpn_server_id

String

Yes

Specifies the ID of a VPN server.

user_id

String

Yes

Specifies the ID of a VPN user.

Request

  • Request parameters
    Table 2 Request parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Mandatory

    Description

    old_password

    String

    Yes

    Specifies the old password.

    new_password

    String

    Yes
    • Specifies a new password for the user.
    • Constraints:
      • The value contains 8 to 32 characters.
      • The value must contain at least two types of the following characters: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, digits, and special characters including `~!@#$%^&*()-_=+\|[{}];:'",<.>/? and spaces.
      • The password cannot be the username or the reverse of the username.
      • The new password must be different from the latest five old passwords.
  • Example request 
    PUT  https://{Endpoint}/v5/{project_id}/p2c-vpn-gateways/vpn-servers/{vpn_server_id}/users/{user_id}/password

{
  "old_password": "stringst-old",
  "new_password": "stringst-new"
}

Response

  • Response parameters

    Returned status code 200: successful operation

    Table 3 Parameters in the response body

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    request_id

    String

    Specifies a request ID.
  • Example response 
    {
  "request_id": "c63d850876bcddbdfbd11776cce57914"
}

Status Codes

For details, see Status Codes.

Parent topic: User Management