Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Command Reference Manual page 401

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Examples To change the password for the admin account while logged in as admin:
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
Permission denied
Incorrect password
Password unchanged
Passwords do not match
Invalid length of password
Insufficient number of lower case letters
Fabric OS Command Reference
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If a you are changing another user's password with greater privileges than your current login
level, you are prompted to enter that user level's old password and, if your entry is valid, you
are prompted for a new password.
If you are changing another user's password, the target account's AD member list must be a
subset of your account's AD member list.
If you are logged in as the root user when changing another user's password, you are not
prompted to enter the old password. If you are a factory account, an admin, or securityAdmin
account, you are not prompted to enter the current password unless the target account is root.
Changing the password of any user level causes the login session of that account (if logged in)
to terminate.
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.
Password change disallowed, RADIUS authentication is enabled.
Password length, strength, or history policy not met.
You have not specified a valid recognized user name on the system.
You do not have permission to change the password for the specified user.
You have not entered the correct password when prompted for the old password.
You have entered the carriage return special input case, choosing not to change the password.
You have not correctly verified the new password.
You have entered a password length that is not between minlength and 40.
The password you entered contains less than the minimum required number of lowercase
characters.
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