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Description
Use this command to change the password for users.
When used with the optional
login_name
operand, the command prompts the user to
change the password only for that user. Otherwise, the command prompts the user to change
passwords for the current user.
In either case, the user is first prompted for the old password. If the password entered matches
the current password, the user is then prompted twice for the new password. The new
password has to be different from the current password.
If the two copies do not match, the process is repeated at most two more times until the
command fails for that user.
Passwords must be constructed to meet the following requirements:
■
Each password must contain 8 to 40 characters.
■
If the switch fabric is in secure mode, the command can run only on the primary switch.
The changed password database is distributed to all FCS switches. Non-FCS switches are
updated if the password of the user account is changed.
■
The command is disabled until the user has changed all login passwords from the
manufacturer’s defaults or the switch was in secure mode before.
■
If a user is authenticated by RADIUS and invokes this command, the password of the
account to which the user's role is mapped is changed. For example, if user
Bob
’s login
role is mapped to
admin
, when Bob executes the
passwd
command, he changes the
password of the
admin
account on the switch, provided Bob knows the old password for
the
admin
account. The RADIUS account does not change.
Special Inputs
This command has the following special inputs:
Note: It is no longer possible to change a login name.
Operand
The following operand is optional:
Carriage return
When entered alone at a prompt without any preceding
input, accepts the default value (if applicable) and moves to
the next prompt.
Interrupt
Aborts the command immediately and ignores all changes
made.
End-of-file
When entered alone at a prompt without any preceding
input, terminates the command, saving any changes made.
login_name
The name of the user, in quotes, for which the login name and
password are to be changed.