Cannot update a Windows Proxy Account via that PAM CLI

Products

• CA Privileged Access Manager (PAM)

Issue/Introduction

Privileged Access Manager (PAM) admin is attempting the following command to update the Password View Policy on a Windows Proxy Account:

capam_command -n <pam server> -u xxxxxxx -p xxxxxxxxxxx cmdName=updateTargetAccount TargetAccount.ID=xxxxxx TargetAccount.userName=xxxxx PasswordViewPolicy.ID=<new pvp id>

and running into the following error:

PAM-CM-3454: Change process not specified

Resolution

The error means the PAM CLI command is looking for the following attribute to also be included in the command:

Attribute.useOtherAccountToChangePassword=<with one of these values "true, false, agent">

example:

capam_command -n <pam server> -u xxxxxxx -p xxxxxxxxxxx cmdName=updateTargetAccount TargetAccount.ID=xxxxxx TargetAccount.userName=xxxxx PasswordViewPolicy.ID=<new pvp id> Attribute.useOtherAccountToChangePassword=agent