Allow creating user without password using REST API #1

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MrUnknownDE · 2026-04-05T16:21:10+02:00

MrUnknownDE commented

2026-04-05 16:21:10 +02:00

Originally created by @llamafilm on 4/3/2026

NetBox version

v4.4.6

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

It should be possible to create a user without a password using the REST API (and thus using pynetbox).

Use case

Passwords are not necessary for SSO users. The underlying User model does not require a password, so it's already possible to create such users using nbshell. This just requires a small change to the API serializer, so if password is not provided then it runs user.set_unusable_password() instead of user.set_password().

Database changes

none

External dependencies

No response

*Originally created by @llamafilm on 4/3/2026* ### NetBox version v4.4.6 ### Feature type Change to existing functionality ### Proposed functionality It should be possible to create a user without a password using the REST API (and thus using pynetbox). ### Use case Passwords are not necessary for SSO users. The underlying User model does not require a password, so it's already possible to create such users using nbshell. This just requires a small change to the API serializer, so if `password` is not provided then it runs `user.set_unusable_password()` instead of `user.set_password()`. ### Database changes none ### External dependencies _No response_

MrUnknownDE added the type: feature status: needs triage netbox labels 2026-04-05 16:21:10 +02:00

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Reference: github/netbox#1