Nortel Networks 4050 manual Changing another user’s password

Chapter 8 Managing system users and groups 367

2Access the User Menu.

>>Main# /cfg/sys/user

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[User Menu]	- Change own password
passwd
list	- List all users
del	- Delete a user
add	- Add a new user
edit	- Edit a user
caphrase	- Certadmin export passphrase
>> User#

Type the passwd command to change your current password.

When your own password is changed, the change takes effect immediately without having to use the apply command.

>>User# passwd

Enter cert_admin's current password: (current cert_admin user password)

Enter new password: (new cert_admin user password)

Re-enter to confirm: (reconfirm new cert_admin user password) Password changed.

Changing another user’s password

Only the admin user can change another user’s password, and then only if the admin user is a member of the other user’s first group (the group that is listed first for the user with the /cfg/sys/user/edit <username>/groups/list command). Login passwords are case sensitive and can contain spaces.

1Log on to the Nortel SNAS 4050 cluster as the admin user.

login: admin

Password: (admin user password)

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