Hi Manu, nodetool uses the JMX user and password, I think the normal default for that is for it not being required, but not sure if that is the case for the setup you are using. So just try nodetool flush and see if that works.
Regards Paul Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Jan 2021, at 20:41, Manu Chadha <manu.cha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > In fact, I notice that I can’t run any nodetool command. I get the error even > when running nodetool status command > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Manu Chadha > Sent: 01 January 2021 20:36 > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: username/password error when using nodetool flush > > Hi > > Happy New Year. > > I am trying to use `nodetool flush -u username` but I get error `nodetool: > Failed to connect to '127.0.0.1:7199' - FailedLoginException: 'Invalid > username or password'.` > > I am using the same credentials which I use in `cqlsh -u -p`. As far as I > can observe, I am using the right values. > > I am running `cassandra` using `kubernetes` and `K8ssandra`. I have `SSH`ed > to a node and am running `nodetool flush` in the container by getting a shell > in the container using ` docker exec -it > k8s_cassandra_k8ssandra-dc1-default-sts-0_default_00b0d72a-c124-4b04-b25d-9e0f17edc582_0 > /bin/bash `. > > What mistake I might be making? Is there some other credential I need to use? > > Thanks > Manu > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > >
