password

Use the password command to change the ALOM password for the account to which you are currently logged in. This command works like the UNIX passwd(1) command.

How to Use the password Command

Note: This command allows you to change the password for your own ALOM account. You do not need user permissions to use this command. If you are an administrator and want to change a user account's password, use the userpassword command.

At the sc> prompt, type the following command:

sc> password

When you use this command, ALOM prompts you for your current password. If you enter the password correctly, it prompts you twice to enter the new password.

For example:

sc> password
password: Changing password for username
Enter current password: ******
Enter new password: ******
Re-enter new password: ******
sc>

Password Restrictions

Passwords have the following restrictions:

• They must contain at least six characters. Only the first eight characters are significant, so passwords longer than eight characters are treated as though they only had eight characters.
• They must contain at least two alphabetic characters (uppercase or lowercase letters) and at least one numeric or special character.
• They must differ from your login name and any reverse or circular shift of your login name. For comparison purposes, uppercase and lowercase letters are equivalent.
• The new password must differ from the old by at least three characters. For comparison purposes, uppercase and lowercase letters are equivalent.

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