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140 Command Line Interface
Passwd command
Description Changes a user account’s password.
Authority Admin account name and an Admin session to change another account’s password. You can
change you own password without an Admin session.
Syntax
passwd [account_name]
Operands
[account_name]
The user account name. To change the password for an account name other than your own, you
must open an Admin session with the account name Admin. If you omit [account_name], you will
be prompted to change the password for the current account name.
Examples The following is an example of the Passwd command:
McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> passwd user2
Press 'q' and the ENTER key to abort this command.
account OLD password : ********
account NEW password (8-20 chars) : ********
please confirm account NEW password: ********
password has been changed.
See also User command, page 203