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Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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Changing the password for a local user

By default, the NetWorker Authentication Service password policy enforces password expiration for local user accounts. A NetWorker Authentication Service administrator can change the password for any local user. A non-administrator user can only change their own password.

Use the authc_mgmt tool to change the password for a local database user. The command to change the password differs, depending on the user that changes the password.
  • To change the password for the administrator account, or for a non-administrator 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" is the name of the user whose password you want to change, or local administrator account.
    • "current_password" is the current password for the username that you specified.
    • "new_password" is the new password for the username that you specified.

    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 will prompt you for the new password and will not display the characters.
  • To use the administrator account to change the password for any user, use the -e update-user option with the -D user-name and -D user-password options:

    authc_mgmt -u administrator -p "current_password" -e update-user -D user-name=username -D user-password="new_password"  

    where:

    • "current_password" is the password for the administrator account.
    • "username" is the name of the user whose password you want to change.
    • "new_password" is the new password that you want to set for the user.

    For example, to change the password for a local user who is named Noelle to ".Mynewpass1", type the following command:

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

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