CMS Password Change

3408phonegod · Aug 15, 2008

Can someone tell me where the mechanism is in a CMS login to change the password. I know my current login and password and I can get in and out just fine. The help file tell me what the procedure is for changing password, but does not tell me where to find a menu pick or any way to bring up the dialog box. Anybody know where it is?

SF0751 · Aug 15, 2008

The CMS admin will need to delete your password on the CMS server. There is not a way to change an existing password on the CMS Supervisor client (afaik).

Susan
"When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." - Oscar Wilde, An Ideal husband, 1893

3408phonegod · Aug 15, 2008

Thanks, I think. CMS help file describes the process for changing the password. It that a bogus entry.

Beyond that, I am the CMS admin person. Do you know process for resetting a user's password?

SF0751 · Aug 15, 2008

Log into the CMS console as root.
At the # command, enter the following:
# passwd -d username

Where username is the CMS logon ID you need to change. The -d switch will delete the existing password. When the user signs in, they (you) will be prompted to create a new password. This is the screen that CMS refers to in their (bogus) change password documentation.

Susan
"When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." - Oscar Wilde, An Ideal husband, 1893

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