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passwd
NOTES
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.
OPERANDS
The following operand is optional:
user_account
-old old_password
-new new_password
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
Insufficient number of upper case letters
Insufficient number of digits in password
Insufficient number of punctuation characters
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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.
Specifies the new password. This operand is optional; if omitted and only the old
password is specified on the command line, the command interactively prompts
for the new password.
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.
The password you entered contains less than the minimum required number of
uppercase characters.
The password you entered contains less than the minimum required number of
numeric characters.
You have entered a password that contains less than the minimum required
number of punctuation characters.
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