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A – Command Line Interface Passwd Command
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 | : | ******** |
please confirm account NEW password: ********
password has been changed.
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