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