Changing the admin password

Learn how to change the admin password.

1. Connect to the NPS host with nz user.
2. Change the password of the admin user:

   nzsql –c "alter user admin with password '<new_password>';"

3. Update the NZ_PASSWORD variable.
   You can:

   • 1. Change the password in the NZ_PASSWORD variable that is defined in /export/home/nz/.bashrc.
     2. Log out and log in again to the NPS host or open a new shell for the changes to take effect.

     OR

   • 1. Remove the NZ_PASSWORD variable from the /export/home/nz/.bashrc file completely.
     2. Use the nzpassword command to securely store the new password:

        nzpassword add -u admin -pw <new_password>