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Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 4.3 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

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passwordaction

Table 1. passwordaction options
Option Sub-option Valid Arguments Description Applicable Systems
passwordaction    
Configures and tests the password for the specified User ID. This option cannot be replicated. All three sub-options, action, userid, and password must be included in the command line.
  • NOTE: This option does not support 20 byte passwords.
All PowerEdge systems
  --userid 2–16, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller Specifies the BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.  
  --action setpassword, testpassword Sets or tests the password for the specified User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.  
  --password < string>

Sets the password (maximum of 16 printable ASCII characters) for the specified BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.

Example (to set and test the password for User ID 3): 
A:>syscfg passwordaction --userid=3 --action=setpassword --password=bmcmaster passwordaction userid=3 action=setpassword password=*********
A:>syscfg passwordaction --userid=3 --action=testpassword --password=bmcmastor 
Password test failed.
  
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