Specify New Password

Manual Administration Using kadmin

command: addrnd

Name of Principal to add: admin

Principal added

The cpw command enables you to specify a new password for the principal selected.

The general syntax for specifying a new password is:

command: cpw

For example, to enable a new password for the principal “admin”, you would do the following:

command: cpw

Name of Principal: admin

Enter password: password

Re-enter password for verification: password

Principal modified

Change Password to a New Randomly Generated Password

The cpwrnd command changes the password of a speciﬁed principal to a new randomly generated password.

The general syntax for changing the password to a new randomly generated password for a speciﬁed principal:

command: cpwrnd

For example, to change the password of the principal “admin” to a new randomly generated password, you would do the following:

command: cpwrnd

Name of Principal: admin

Principal modified

The del command deletes the speciﬁed principal. This command requires the “delete” administrative privilege to be speciﬁed in the admin_acl_file.

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