Maintaining passwords, Changing the password of an account – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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User-defined accounts
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You can change the description only on user-level accounts. You cannot change the description
of the default accounts. You cannot change the description of your own account.
7. Click Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the account.
You can enable and disable user- and admin-level accounts, but not your own account. You
cannot enable or disable your own account or the factory account. Only the root account can
disable itself. If you disable an account, all active CLI sessions for that account are logged out.
The All button is disabled unless the following conditions are met:
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The selected role for the target user must be admin or securityadmin.
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You must be a physical fabric administrator.
Selecting All makes the target user account a physical fabric administrator.
8. Click OK and click Apply to apply your changes.
Maintaining passwords
When a password expires, the next time that user logs in, Web Tools requires the user to provide a
new password.
NOTE
You have to own the switch in order to modify password rules.
A password becomes locked if a user has exceeded the maximum number of failed login attempts.
This number is specified in the Lockout Threshold field. To unlock a locked password, refer to the
unlock procedure in
Changing the password of an account
If you are logged in as admin, you can change the password of your own account, peer admin
accounts, switchadmin accounts, and user accounts. You can also change the root or factory
account passwords.
If you are changing the password of an admin account, you must also provide the current
password. You do not need to provide the current password if you are changing the password of a
lower-level user account.
Passwords can be from 8 through 40 characters long. They must begin with an alphabetic or
numeric character. They can include alphanumeric characters, the dot (.), and the underscore
(_). They are case-sensitive.
Passwords must also meet any additional password rules that were set up. (Refer to
on page 169 for more information.)
To change the password of an account, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
“Opening the Switch Administration
2. Select the User tab.
3. Select the account to modify.
If you are logged in as a switchadmin, you can only change the password of your own account.
4. Click Change Password.