NetWorker: Change Password for Admin or Local User Account.

Summary: This article provides an overview of how to change the password for any NetWorker user account, including the NetWorker Administrator account. The methods outlined in this article require that the current Administrator password is known. ...

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Instructions

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.
 

NOTE: This process requires that the current Administrator password is known and valid. If the NetWorker Administrator password is unknown or expired, follow: NetWorker: How to reset the Administrator password


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"

NOTE: To change the password without typing the new password in the command string, do not include the -D password-new-value="new_password" option. The command prompts for the new password and does not display the characters.


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"

Additional Information

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

Affected Products

NetWorker

Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019580
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 03 Oct 2025
Version:  6
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