3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Reference (320-200166 Rev B, March 2010)

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Command Line Interface Reference InForm OS Version 2.3.1
SPECIFIERS
None.
RESTRICTIONS
■ Only a user with Super level privileges can set another user’s password.
■ Passwords can be no longer than eight non-null characters, and must be at least six non-
null characters long.
EXAMPLES
The following example shows how to set a user’s (user1) password on an InServ storage
system and on a client:
The following example displays the prompts encountered when changing a user’s (
user1)
password:
NOTES
■ The format of the entry in the file is <username> <encrypted_password>. This file
may be referenced by the TPDPWFILE environment variable or -pwf command line option
for subsequent commands.
■ The -save or -saveonly option requires the -file option.
■ Without any options, the command will prompt to change the invoking user's password on
the InServ system.
■ Changing a user's password has no effect on SSH access if the user has set a valid key with
the
setsshkey command. Until the SSH key is removed the user will not have to provide
the new password.
■ For additional information about password files, see the InForm OS Concepts Guide and the
InForm OS CLI Administrator’s Manual.
cli% setpassword –save –file <insertfile> user1
cli% setpassword –u user1
password:
Old password: