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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:

SANbox (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.

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