Fabric OS Reference Manual

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Operands This command has the following operand:
user
Specify the name of the user, in quotation marks, for
whom the login name and password are to be changed.
This operand is optional.
Example To change the admin user name and password:
Errors All error messages are preceded by the command name with one of the
following messages appended:
Control-D (end of file)* When entered at a prompt with no preceding
input, terminates the command and saves
changes made.
* On most computers; however, your settings could be different.
switch:admin> passwd "admin"
New username [admin]: maint
Old password: ********
New password: ********
Re-enter new password: ********
Committing configuration...done.
“
user
”
is not a valid user name. You have not specified a user
name that is a valid, recognized
user name on the system.
Permission denied. You do not have permission to
change the login name or
password specified.
That user name is already being used. You cannot change the user name
to that of a previously existing
user.
Incorrect password. You have not entered the correct
password when prompted for the
old password.