Security and authentication
11.1 User management
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
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change password
Description
With this command, you change the password of the logged in user.
● You are logged into the device with a local user account
● You are in the User EXEC mode or in the Privileged EXEC mode.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli> or cli#
Call up the command with the following parameters:
change password <passwd>
The parameter has the following meaning:
Value for the password Enter the password.
The password must meet the following
password policies:
• Password length: at least 8 characters
• At least 1 uppercase letter
• At least 1 special character
• At least 1 number
The password is changed.
Note
Changing the password in Trial mode
Even if you change the password in Trial mode, this change is saved immediately.
You create a user with the user-account command.
You delete a user with the
no user-account command.
You show the created users with the
show user-accounts command.