# Updating Users

User Access: Managers

SM Console Usage:

Follow these steps to delete or modify a specified user account (change the user’s group and/or password).

1. Click Access Control Change Password from the menu bar.
2. Enter a username.
3. Select Delete User to remove the specified user account.
4. Select Modify User to change the specified user's password or group.
5. If changing the user's password, enter the new password and re-enter it to confirm.
6. If changing the user's group, select the radio dialog for the group you wish to assign.
7. Click the button.

SM Command Usage:

Users can update their own passwords, and manager-level users can update any user's password using access update password.

Notes

- Usernames and passwords are strings consisting of any printable character or digit. Usernames must be unique and must begin with an alphabetic character. Passwords are case sensitive.
  Usernames and passwords are limited to 32 characters and cannot be a null or empty string.
- If a user forgets his or her password, a manager-level user must delete the user account and recreate it with a known password.

Related Topics

Creating the Initial Manager Account

Adding a New User

Logging Out

Mapping Directory Service Groups

Managing Local Users

Configuring Directory Services

Creating Trusted Host Relationships

Adding Public Keys