Change a Password
This article explains how to change a user’s password.
This procedure is carried out using ConfD.
Prerequisites
To perform this task you must be a member of the exaadm group.
Procedure
The following examples use ConfD through the command-line tool confd_client, which is available on all database nodes. For more information, see ConfD.
Placeholder values are indicated with UPPERCASE characters. Replace the placeholders with your own values.
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Connect to EXAClusterOS (COS) on the cluster using
c4 connect -t <DEPLOYMENT>[.<NODE>]/cos
. For example:If you do not specify a node, c4 will connect to the first active node in the deployment.
For more information about how to use
c4 connect
, see How to use c4. -
To find the user name, use the ConfD job user_list:
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To change the password, use the ConfD job user_passwd. For example:
The password is encoded by default.
Verification
Attempt to log in using the new password.