Use this command to change system default passwords or to set a new login password on the CLI.
| username | (Only available to users with super-user access.) Specifies a system default or a user-configured login account name. By default, the Extreme Networks S- K- and 7100-Series device provides the following account names: ro for Read-Only access, rw for Read-Write access. admin for Super User access. (This access level allows Read-Write access to all modifiable parameters, including user accounts). |
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All command modes. Read-Write users can change their own passwords. Super Users (Admin) can change any password on the system.
Only users with admin (su) access privileges can change any password on the system.
Users with Read-Write (rw) access privileges can change their own passwords, but cannot enter or modify other system passwords.
Passwords must be a minimum of 8 characters and a maximum of 40 characters.
If configured, password length must conform to the minimum number of characters set with the set system password length command (set system password).
The admin password can be reset by toggling DIP switch 8 on the device as described in your I/O Module Hardware Installation Guide or, if you a managing an SSA or 7100-Series platform, the hardware installation guide appropriate to that device.
This example shows how a super-user would change the Read-Write password from the system default (blank string):
System(su)->set password rw Please enter new password: ******** Please re-enter new password: ******** Password changed. System(su)->
This example shows how a user with Read-Write access would change his password:
System(rw)->set password Please enter old password: ******** Please enter new password: ******** Please re-enter new password: ******** Password changed. System(rw)->
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