Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 45)

Password modification
The switch automatically prompts you to change the default account passwords after logging in for the
first time. If you do not change the passwords, the switch prompts you after each subsequent login until
all the default passwords have been changed.
NOTE
The default account passwords can be changed from their original values only when prompted
immediately following the login; the passwords cannot be changed using the passwd command later in
the session. If you skip the prompt, and then later decide to change the passwords, log out and then
back in.
The default accounts on the switch are admin, user, root, and factory. Use the "admin" account to log in
to the switch for the first time and to perform the basic configuration tasks. The password for all of these
accounts is "password".
There is only one set of default accounts for the entire chassis. The root and factory default accounts
are reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is primarily used for system
monitoring. For more information on default accounts, refer to
Default accounts on page 137.
Default account passwords
The change default account passwords prompt is a string that begins with the message "Please change
your passwords now". User-defined passwords can have from 8 through 40 characters. They must
begin with an alphabetic character and can include numeric characters, the period (.), and the
underscore ( _ ). They are case-sensitive, and they are not displayed when you enter them on the
command line.
Record the passwords exactly as entered and store them in a secure place because recovering
passwords requires significant effort and fabric downtime. Although the root and factory accounts are
not meant for general use, change their passwords if prompted to do so and save the passwords in
case they are needed for recovery purposes.
Changing the default account passwords at login
Use the following procedure to change the default account passwords:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using the default administrative account.
2. At each of the "Enter new password" prompts, either enter a new password or skip the prompt.
To skip a single prompt, press Enter . To skip all of the remaining prompts, press Ctrl-C .
Example of output of changing passwords
login: admin
Password:
Please change your passwords now.
Use Control-C to exit or press 'Enter' key to proceed.
for user - root
Changing password for root
Enter new password:
Password changed.
Saving password to stable storage.
Password saved to stable storage successfully.
(output truncated)
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