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70 Managing user accounts
How to change the password for a different account
1. Connect to the switch and log in.
2. Enter the following command:
where
name
is the name of the account.
3. Enter the requested information at the prompts.
Configuring the local user database
This section covers the following topics:
• ” Distributing the local user database ” on page 70
• ” Protecting the local user database from distributions ” on page 70
• ” Configuring password policies ” on page 71
Distributing the local user database
This section explains how to distribute the switch-local user database and passwords to other switches in
the fabric. The distributed database replaces (overwrites) the database on the target switch. The ‘Locked’
status of a user account is not distributed as part of local user database distribution.
When distributing the user database, the database may be rejected for one of the following reasons:
• One of the target switches does not have Fabric OS 5.2.x or later.
• One of the target switches user database is protected.
CAUTION: Distribute the user database and password policies only to Fabric OS 5.2.x or higher
switches; the distribution command fails if any of the targets is an earlier version.
How to distribute the local user database
When distributing the local user database, all user-defined accounts residing in the receiving switches will
be logged out of any active sessions.
1. Connect to the switch.
2. Enter the following command:
where <
switch_list
> is a semicolon-separated list of switch Domain IDs, switch names, or switch
WWN addresses. You can also specify
-d *
to send the local user database only to Fabric OS 5.2.x
or higher switches in the fabric.
Protecting the local user database from distributions
Fabric OS 5.2.x and higher allows you to distribute the user database and passwords to other switches in
the fabric. When the switch accepts a distributed user database, it replaces the local user database with
the user database it receives.
By default, Fabric OS 5.2.x switches accept the user databases and passwords distributed from other
switches. This section explains how to protect the local user database from being overwritten.
passwd
name
distribute -p PWD -d <switch_list>