User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Enhanced Reference
Command and Utility Summary
Net Password
Purpose
The net password command changes the password for a user account on a
server or in a domain.
Syntax
net password [\\computername | /domain:name] username
oldpass [newpass |*]]
where
computername
Is the server with the user account for which the password will change.
/domain:name
Specifies a domain other than the workstation domain in which the password will
change.
username
Is your username.
oldpass
Is your current password.
newpass
Is the new password. The new password can have as many as 14 characters.
To be prompted for entries, type net password without options.
Comments
User accounts are set up to control a user’s access to shared resources on a
server or in a domain. An account includes the username and the password
for a user. Accounts perform similar functions on servers and in domains.
The difference is that an account in a domain controls access to most of the
shared resources on the servers in the domain, rather than just one server’s
resources.