Changing platform user password

Any platform user from ibmapadmins or ibmapusers group can change their own password when logged in to control nodes using CLI.

About this task

Note: Unless a custom password policy is applied on the system (see Defining password policies), you are required to change the apadmin password before the expiry of the password. The max lifetime of the default apadmin password is 90 days. It is recommended to modify to the default password.

Procedure

  1. Log in to any control node with your user ID: 
    ssh user@e1n1
  2. Run the following command: 
    passwd
    Example:
    [root@e1n1 ~]# ssh testuser@e1n1
Password:
[testuser@e1n1 ~]$ passwd
Changing password for user testuser.
Current Password:
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
    Note: Only the following special characters are allowed in passwords: !@#$%^&*(),.<>[]-=+?