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Chapter 6 — Advanced Confi guration
Examples:
To become “admin”.
RUN"su admin"
Password:
-
Ok
Or:
RUN"su -p pass admin": RUN"whoami"
admin
To switch back to user:
RUN"su user"
Changing Passwords
To change the password for a user in Fingerprint, use the “passwd”-
command.
Syntax:
RUN"passwd [<user>]"
passwd changes the user’s password. First, the user is prompted for the
current password (if it exists). If the current password is correctly typed,
a new password is requested. Th
e new password must be entered twice to
avoid typing errors. Th e new password s total length must be
less than 128 characters. Numbers, upper-case letters and metacharacters
are encouraged. Valid user names are
admin and user .
You can also use this command:
RUN"passwd <user> '<oldpasswd>' '<newpasswd>' '<newpasswd>'
Examples:
To change password for the current user (user, without password):
RUN"passwd"
Changing local password for user.
New password:[enter new password]
Retype new password:[enter new password]
To change password for ’admin’:
RUN"passwd admin"
Changing local password for admin.
Old password:[enter current password]