SF org generate password does not work on behalf of other users

[petter-eikeland]

Summary

When trying to generate a password on behalf of another user than User User, you are blocked when you haven't authorized the scratch org for that username.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a scratch org, test-password-generate
2. Create a new User in the scratch org with username [email protected]
3. Execute sf org generate password -o test-password-generate -b "[email protected]"

Expected result

A new password is generated for the new User ([email protected])

Actual result

Error thrown: No authorization information found for [email protected]

System Information

{
  "cliVersion": "@salesforce/cli/2.11.8",
  "architecture": "darwin-arm64",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v18.15.0",
  "osVersion": "Darwin 22.6.0",
  "shell": "zsh",
  "rootPath": "/Users/user/.local/share/sf/client/2.11.8-c9872b8",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@eon-com/eon-sfdx 1.13.3 (user)",
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 2.3.8 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.26 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 5.2.19 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.4.1 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 3.8.2 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-search 0.0.22 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 3.2.3 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 1.3.10 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.1.0 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 2.2.32 (core)",
    "@salesforce/cli 2.11.8 (core)",
    "1commerce 0.0.10 (user)",
    "apex 2.3.15 (core)",
    "auth 2.8.17 (core)",
    "community 2.4.4 (user)",
    "data 2.5.12 (core)",
    "deploy-retrieve 1.18.3 (core)",
    "functions 1.22.3 (user)",
    "info 2.6.45 (core)",
    "limits 2.3.35 (core)",
    "login 1.2.31 (core)",
    "marketplace 0.2.2 (core)",
    "org 2.10.8 (core)",
    "packaging 1.26.1 (user)",
    "schema 2.3.28 (core)",
    "settings 1.4.30 (core)",
    "signups 1.5.1 (user)",
    "sobject 0.2.7 (core)",
    "source 2.10.36 (core)",
    "telemetry 2.3.4 (core)",
    "templates 55.5.13 (core)",
    "trust 2.6.15 (core)",
    "user 2.3.32 (core)",
    "sfdmu 4.30.0 (user)"
  ]
}

Additional information

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[iowillhoit]

The sf org generate password needs a local auth file for that user to be able to generate a password. These get created in your ~/.sfdx directory. If you create a user in the Salesforce UI, you will not have that auth file locally.

If you want to be able to generate a password on behalf of another user, you'll need to first create that user locally with sf org create user. See the --help on that command for more information.

After you've created the user locally, you will be able to run sf org generate password -b [email protected] to generate a password for that user.

I will create a ticket to update the help docs to make this more clear, thanks!

[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-14243508

[jshackell-sfdc]

This issue is fixed in version 2.13.9 (Oct 18, 2023) of Salesforce CLI.