resetpassword

Use the resetpassword command to reset the system superuser password to a user-defined value.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagram satask resetpassword -password 'cleartext_password'

Parameters

satask
System administrator task; service commands that are only used in specific circumstances.
-password 'cleartext_password'
(Required) Sets the system superuser password to 'cleartext_password'. The password must be in the range of 6 - 64 characters. You must enclose the password in single quotation marks.

Description

This command resets the system superuser password to a user-defined value. This command also unlocks the superuser account if it is locked, removes the SSH key for the superuser and disables the password and key required feature for the superuser. The superuser password cannot be reset back to the default password.

An invocation example

satask resetpassword -password 'new_password'

The resulting output

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