IBM PureData System for Analytics, Version 7.1

Change Linux account passwords

There are two ways to change passwords for Linux accounts. If you can log in as the account, you can change its password. If you are logged on as root, you can manage other user accounts to change passwords.

To change the password of your current account, enter:

passwd(current) UNIX password: (enter original password)
New UNIX password: (enter the new password)
Retype new UNIX password: (enter the new password again)
passwd: All authenticaton tokens updated successfully.

To change the password of a different account (you must be logged in as root), enter:

passwd user_name
New UNIX password: (enter the new password)
Retype new UNIX password: (enter the new password again)
passwd: All authenticaton tokens updated successfully.