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A – Command Line Interface Passwd Command
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Passwd Command
Changes a user account’s password.
Authority Admin to change another account’s password; User to change your own.
Syntax passwd [account_name]
Keywords [account_name]
The user account name. You must open an admin session to change the password for an account name other than your own. 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 | : |
please confirm account NEW password: password has been changed.