Neoview User Management and Security Administration Guide (R2.5)

Table 5-10 Changing Your Own Password
CommentRangeInitial ValueField Name (HPDM)Parameter Name (NCI)
Maximum of 53
characters if you use
1024-bit encryption,
64 characters if you
use 2048-bit
encryption
NonePasswordOLD-PASSWORD
Maximum of 53
characters if you use
1024-bit encryption,
64 characters if you
use 2048-bit
encryption
NonePassword, Confirm
New Password
NEW-PASSWORD
For a description of the NCI ALTER PASSWORD command, see “ALTER PASSWORD Command
(platform users, locally authenticated database users)” (page 108). For information about changing
your password when you log on to NCI, see the Neoview Command Interface (NCI) Guide. For more
information about the HPDM Change Password dialog and how to navigate to it either from the
Edit System dialog or at login, see the HPDM Online Help.
Managing Platform Users
The Security Administrator has the capability to create and modify attributes of platform users.
Please take note of HP's recommendations in “Best Practices for Platform and Power User
Management” (page 37) before adding or modifying platform accounts.
The security infrastructure provides the following HPDM dialogs and NCI commands for platform
user management. Most user-management actions that pertain to platform users are restricted
to users assigned the role ROLE.SECMGR, except that:
• A platform user may change his or her own password, using the ALTER PASSWORD
command.
To run commands from NCI, set security mode either on each command line or before executing
a series of commands, as described in “Security Mode” (page 29).
For this purposeOr this HPDM dialogUse this NCI command
“Creating a Platform User Account”
(page 104)
Add Platform UserCREATE USER
“Deleting a Platform User Account”
(page 105)
Delete button on Platform Users
display
DROP USER
“Changing a Platform User Password”
(page 106)
Edit UserALTER USER
“Changing a Platform Role Password”
(page 106)
Change Role PasswordALTER ROLE
“Changing Your Own Password” (page 107)
Change PasswordALTER PASSWORD
Creating a Platform User Account
A user in the role ROLE.SECMGR can use the NCI CREATE USER command or the HPDM Add
Platform User dialog to create a new platform user.
Unlike a database user, a platform user can have only one role. The only way to change the user's
role is to drop the user, then recreate the user with the preferred role.
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