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B – Command Line Interface
Passwd Command
59021-08 B B-21
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Passwd Command
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]
Keywords [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:
SANbox2 (admin) #> passwd user2
Press 'q' and the ENTER key to abort this command.
account OLD password : ********
account NEW password (4-20 chars) : ********
please confirm account NEW password: ********
password has been changed.