Change BMC User Password

To change the default password for the BMC User Account:

Navigate into the BMC configuration mode.
```
SLX # configure terminal
SLX (config)# bmc
SLX (config-bmc)# 
```
You are now within the BMC configuration mode.
From the BMC mode prompt, execute the user-id command to navigate to its configuration mode.
```
SLX (config-bmc)# user-id 2
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# 
```
You are now within the configuration mode for the specific User ID.
Execute the password command along with the password to be set for the user.
```
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# password testing123 
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# 
```
Passwords must meet certain pre-defined criteria before it is configured for the User ID.

The password for the User ID is modified.

To verify the password has changed successfully, use the show bmc password-status command.

SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# do show bmc password-status 2
Status: Set
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)#

You can also use the do show running-config bmc user-id command to view the encrypted form of the password.

SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# do show running-config bmc user-id
bmc
 user-id 2
  password $9$VaXhc9WCy+1IwRU2ZaS2vQ==
 !
!
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)#

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