NetWorker: Change Password for Admin or Local User Account.

By default, the NetWorker Authentication Service password policy enforces password expiration for local user accounts every 90 days. A NetWorker Authentication Service administrator can change the password for any local user.
 

A nonadministrator user can only change their own password.

Use the authc_mgmt command on the NetWorker authentication server to change the password for a local database user. This command must be run from an elevated prompt, for example an Administrator command-prompt (Windows), or using sudo/root SSH prompt (Linux). The command to change the password differs depending on the user that changes the password. 

Changing Password for Administrator User:

• To change the password for the administrator account, or for a nonadministrator user to change their password, use the -e update-password option:

authc_mgmt -u username -p "current_password" -e update-password -D password-new-value="new_password"

Where:

• Username represents the name of the user whose password is to be changed, or the local administrator account.
• Current_password represents the current password for the specified username.
• New_password represents the new password for the specified username.

For example, to change the password for the local administrator account, type the following command:

authc_mgmt -u administrator -p "1.Password" -e update-password -D password-new-value="1.Updated2"

Changing Password for nonadministrator User:

• To use the administrator account to change the password for any user, use the -eupdate-user option with the -D user-name and -D user-password options:

authc_mgmt -u Administrator -p "Administrator_password" -e update-user -D user-name=username -D user password="new_password"

Where:

• Administrator_password is the password for the default NetWorker administrator account.
• Username represents the name of the user whose password is to be changed.
• New_password represents the new password for the specified username.

For example, to change the password for a local user who is named bkupadmin to Mynewpass1:

authc_mgmt -u administrator -p "1.Password" -e update-user -D username=bkupadmin -D user-password="Mynewpass1"

• NetWorker: How to reset the Administrator password
• NetWorker: How To Change the Password History Count for NetWorker Accounts
• NetWorker: How to Disable Password Expiration for NetWorker Accounts
• NetWorker: How to change the minimum character requirements for NetWorker user passwords

For more information, see the NetWorker Security Configuration Guide available on Dell Support.