Visara Master Console Center Administration Guide - Manual (Page 135)

Chapter 8 Administering Users
Administration Guide 135
Changing a Login User’s Password
To change a user’s password:
1.
From the Security Editor window Login Users tab, select the user in the
User list box.
2. Click the Change Password button.
3. The Create Login User text-entry window appears, running an interactive
session “sudo passwd ”.
4. Answer the questions in the text-entry window. The questions may vary
slightly, depending on the version of program. The typical questions and
the suggested answers are as follows:
Question Action
Please enter your
password:
Enter the password of the current user -
your password. This account must have
permission to modify users.
Changing password for
:
Enter the new password for the user. When
typing, the actual password is not displayed,
so type carefully! Passwords must be 6
characters or longer, and contain at least one
non-alphabetic character (a number or a
special character).
Retype new password: Re-enter the password to verify. The MCC
ensures the same password was typed both
times.
Press RETURN when
ready...
The process is finished. Pressing the
Return key causes the Console window to
disappear.
Table 29 Typical sudo passwd session
5. Click the OK button on the Change Login User Password window.