Reference Guide

Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference 587
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passwd
Password unchanged
You have entered the carriage return special input case, choosing not to change the
password.
Passwords do not match
You have not correctly verified the new password.
Invalid length of password
You have entered a password length that is not between minlength and 40.
Insufficient number of lower case letters
The password you entered contains less than the minimum required number of lowercase
characters.
Insufficient number of upper case letters
The password you entered contains less than the minimum required number of uppercase
characters.
Insufficient number of digits in password
The password you entered contains less than the minimum required number of numeric
characters.
Insufficient number of punctuation characters
You have entered a password that contains less than the minimum required number of
punctuation characters.
Password matches one of the previous passwords
The password you entered matches one of the previous passwords.
You must wait longer to change your password
You cannot change the password before the minimum aging period expires.
Password contains invalid characters
The password you entered contains invalid characters.
Examples To change the password for the admin account while logged in as admin:
switch:admin> passwd
Changing password for admin
Enter new password:
Re-type new password:
Password changed.
Saving password to stable storage.
Password saved to stable storage successfully.
To change the password for user "admin" from an admin account noninteractively:
switch:admin> passwd -old password -new adminpass
Password changed.
Saving password to stable storage.
Password saved to stable storage successfully.