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Example
To change the admin password:
switch:admin> passwd "admin"
Old password:
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Committing configuration...done.
Diagnostics
All error messages are preceded by the command name and followed by one of the following
messages:
"user" is not a valid
user name.
Permission denied.
Incorrect password.
Password unchanged.
Number of failure
attempts exceeded.
Passwords do not
match; try again.
See Also
login
logout
Fabric OS 3.x Document Addendum
The user name was not a valid, recognized user
name on the system.
The current user does not have permission to
change the user name or password for the specified
user.
The user has not entered the correct password when
prompted for the old password.
The user has entered the carriage return special
input case, skipping the entire password change
process.
The user has made three unsuccessful attempts to
enter and verify a new password.
The user has not correctly verified the new
password.
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