wgpasswd

Changes a user’s password for a Microsoft Windows workgroup.

Synopsis

wgpasswd [user_name]

wgpasswd [-h]

Description

Important: You must run this command on a host in a Microsoft Windows workgroup. You must have administrative privileges to change another user’s password.

Prompts for old and new passwords, then changes the password on every host in the workgroup.

By default, modifies your own user account.

Options

user_name: Specifies the account to modify. You must have administrative privileges to change another user’s password.
-h: Prints command usage to stderr and exits.

Output

For each host in the workgroup, returns the status of the operation (SUCCESS or FAILED).

Files

Modifies the LSF password file.