Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual page 573

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Operands When this command is invoked without an operand, the password is changed for the current user
account. The following operand is optional:
user_account
-old old_password
-new new_password Specifies the new password. This operand is optional; if omitted and only the
Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Examples To change the password for the admin account while logged in as admin:
To change the password for user "admin" from an admin account noninteractively:
To change the password for user "brocadeUser" from an admin account noninteractively:
Diagnostics The system may generate one or more of the following error messages. Refer to the Fabric OS
Message Reference for more diagnostic information.
RADIUS enabled error
Password error
"user" is not a valid user name
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Changing the password of any user level causes the login session of that account (if logged in)
to terminate.
Specifies the user account for which the password is to be changed. The user
account must be an existing account, either default or user-created. Only
users with accounts of type "root", "factory", "SecurityAdmin", or "admin" can
execute this operand and have permission to change passwords for accounts
other than their own.
Specifies the old password. This operand is optional; if omitted, the
command interactively prompts for the old password.
old password is specified on the command line, the command interactively
prompts for the new password.
switch:admin> passwd
Changing password for admin
Enter new password:
Re-type new password:
Password changed.
Saving password to stable storage.
Password saved to stable storage successfully.
switch:admin> passwd -old password -new adminpass
Password changed.
Saving password to stable storage.
Password saved to stable storage successfully.
switch:admin> passwd -old brocadeUser -old brcdPasswd -new mynewPasswd
Password changed.
Saving password to stable storage.
Password saved to stable storage successfully.
Password change disallowed, RADIUS authentication is enabled.
Password length, strength, or history policy not met.
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