Change BMC User Password

To change the password for a specific BMC user:

Navigate into the BMC configuration mode.
```
SLX # configure terminal
SLX (config)# bmc
SLX (config-bmc)# 
```
Configuration of each User ID must be done separately from within its configuration mode.

Note

Only the user with the User ID 2 can be configured. Though the command allows configuration of other User IDs, those changes are not applied on the 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)# 
```
Each User ID has its own configuration mode. Configurations made within this mode is only applicable to that specific User ID.

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.
Optional: 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)# 
```

This example shows the configuration of a new password for the User ID 2.

SLX # configure terminal
SLX (config)# bmc 
SLX (config-bmc)# user-id 2
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# password testing123
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# exit
SLX (config-bmc)# exit
SLX (config)# exit
SLX #

The following example shows the output when you try to assign a password with length shorter than the minimum password length

 SLX # configure terminal
SLX (config)# bmc 
SLX (config-bmc)# user-id 2
SLX (config-bmc-user-2)# password test123
% Error: BMC password length should be 8-20 characters
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)#