# Access Update Password

access: Managers - for changing other user's passwords; All users can change their own passwords

Changes the password of an existing user.

> `access update password {-p | --password} PASSWORD
> {u | --user} USER`

Argument | Description
--- | ---
`{-u | --user}` | The name of the user whose password you wish to update. If a username is not specified, the current user is implied. You must have manager-level access to change another user's password. This argument is repeatable to update multiple user's passwords at one time.
`{-p | --password}` | The user's new password. If a password is not specified, a prompt appears to enter the password and again to confirm the password.

Return Codes

Following are the return values for this command:

Code | Numeric Code | Description
--- | --- | ---
NWSE_Success | 0 | Command successfully completed.
NWSE_InvalidUsage | 1 | Invalid usage: bad parameter usage, conflicting options specified.
NWSE_RPCTimeout | 2 | Request was issued, but was not serviced by the server. RPC procedure timed out and the request may or may not have been serviced by the server.
NWSE_RPCNotConnected | 3 | Unable to connect to the RPC server.
NWSE_InvalidArgument | 4 | One or more arguments were incorrect or invalid. Passwords do not match.
NWSE_NotFound | 5 | Entity (user, service, file, path, etc.) was not found.
NWSE_NoPermission | 6 | Not authorized to perform this operation.

Related Topics

System Management Commands

Access Command