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Managing system users and groups

>> User# passwd

Enter cert_admin’s current password:

(current

cert_admin

user password)

Enter new password:

(new

cert_admin

user password)

Re-enter to confirm:

(reconfirm new

cert_admin

user

password)

Password changed.

--End--

Changing another users password

Only the admin user can change

another user’s password, and then only if the admin user is a member of
the other user’s first group (the group that is listed first for the user with the

/cfg/sys/user/edit /groups/list

command). Login

passwords are case sensitive and can contain spaces.

Step

Action

1

Log on to the Nortel SNAS cluster as the admin user.

login: admin

Password:

(

admin

user password)

2

Access the User Menu.

>> Main# /cfg/sys/user

---------------------------------------------------

---------

[User Menu]

passwd - Change own password

list - List all users

del - Delete a user

add - Add a new user

edit - Edit a user

caphrase - Certadmin export passphrase

>> User#

3

Specify the user name of the user whose password you want to
change.

>> User# edit

Name of user to edit: cert_admin

4

Type the

password

command to initialize the password change.

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100

03.01

Standard

28 July 2008

Copyright © 2007, 2008 Nortel Networks

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