Changing your password

To change your password from the command-line client, enter this command:

For UNIX, Linux, and Windows clients:

   dsmc set password

For Mac OS X clients, enter this command to change your password from the command-line client:

   sudo dsmc set password

Then, enter your old and new passwords when prompted.

Passwords can be up to 63 character in length. Password constraints vary, depending on where the passwords are stored and managed, and depending on the version of the Tivoli Storage Manager server that your client connects to.

If your Tivoli Storage Manager server is at version 6.3.3 or later, and if you use an LDAP directory server to authenticate passwords

Use any of the following characters to create a password:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ` | ( ) { } [ ] : ; < > , . ? /

Passwords are case-sensitive and are subject to more restrictions that can be imposed by LDAP policies.

If your Tivoli Storage Manager server is at version 6.3.3 or later, and if you do not use an LDAP directory server to authenticate passwords

Use any of the following characters to create a password:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * _ - + = ` | ( ) { } [ ] : ; < > , . ? /

Passwords are stored in the Tivoli Storage Manager server database and are not case-sensitive.

If your Tivoli Storage Manager server is earlier than version 6.3.3

Use any of the following characters to create a password:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
_ - & + . 

Passwords are stored in the Tivoli Storage Manager server database and are not case-sensitive.

Remember:

On the command line, enclose a password in quotation marks if the password contains one or more special characters. The quotation marks ensure that the special characters are correctly interpreted as password characters. Without quotation marks, the special characters can be interpreted as shell escape characters, file redirection characters, or other characters that have significance to the operating system.

On Windows systems:

Enclose the password in quotation marks (").

Command line example:

-password="secret>shhh"

On AIX, HPUX, Linux, Mac, and Solaris systems:

Enclose the password in single quotation marks (').

Command line example:

-password='my>pas$word'

Quotation marks are not required when you type a password with special characters in an options file.