HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Command Reference Guide (AA-RW1MA-TE, May 2005)

360 Fabric OS commands
Changes the password for a user level.
Synopsis
passwd [“user“]
Availability
all users
Description
Use this command to change the password for the user currently logged in or for another user. To change
the password for a specific user, enter the command with the optional user operand.
Users logging in to the system by way of RADIUS are allowed to change the passwords of the roles they
log in; for example, if a user’s role in RADIUS is admin, and this command is executed, the system
prompts for the old admin password. This command changes the passwords in the switch database only.
The hierarchy of user levels are (from greatest access to least) root, factory, admin, and user. Typically, all
fabric management should be performed by admin.
When the root password is changed, all user levels currently logged in are terminated.
If the fabric is not in secure mode, the behavior of the command is as follows:
• If you are changing your own user-level password, you are prompted to enter the old password and, if
your entry is valid, the new password.
• If a you are changing another user-level password, you are prompted to enter that user level’s old
password and, if your entry is valid, the new password.
• If you are logged in as the root user when changing another user-level password, you are not
prompted to enter the old password.
• The command is disabled until you have changed all the login passwords from the manufacture default
values.
If the fabric is in secure mode, the behavior of the command is as follows:
• The command can only be run on the primary FCS switch. The changed passwords will be distributed
to all FCS switches. NonFCS switches will be updated if the password of the user account is changed.
• Changing the password of any user level causes the login session of that account (if logged in) to be
terminated.
NOTE: If the Security option is enabled on the fabric, this command is disabled on all switches except the
primary FCS.
A new password must follow these rules:
• Have 8 to 40 characters
• Be different from the previous password
passwd