Changing your user password

Any platform user from ibmapdadmin and ibmapusers OS groups can change their current password with the passwd command when they log in to the system.

Before you begin

The defined password policy and complexity rules are applicable when you change your password. You can verify the current password policy and complexity using the following command ap_ldap_ppolicy.pl listpolicy

1. Log in to the appliance as a user from ibmapdadmin or ibmapusers OS groups.
2. Right after you log in, run the passwd command to change the current password:

   [prasad@node0101 ~]$ passwd
   Changing password for user prasad.
   Current Password:
   New password:
   Retype new password:
   passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
   [prasad@node0101 ~]$

Results

Your password is changed.