Changing user passwords using the CLI

You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to change user passwords.

About this task

Passwords control access to these applications:
  • System management GUI
  • Service assistant GUI
  • CLI

Follow these steps to change the password for the user superuser:

Procedure

Issue the following command to change the password: 
chuser -password superuser_password superuser

Where superuser_password is the new password that you want to use for the user superuser.

Parent topic: CLI system management tasks