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B – 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:

 

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.

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