CHANGE PASSWORD [ DBChange Plus User's Guide ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation
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CHANGE PASSWORD
Changes a password.
Syntax
CHA[NGE] PAS[SWORD] OldPassword NewPassword [ UserClass]
Parameters
OldPassword is the password to be changed.
NewPassword is the new password. Passwords are case sensitive;
that is, uppercase is distinguished from lowercase by
TurboIMAGE/XL. A password must be from 1 to 8
characters long. It cannot include carriage returns,
slashes (/ or \), semicolons (;), or blanks.
UserClass is the user class to be changed. If this parameter
is omitted, the user class associated with the old
password is changed.
Description
Use this command to change a password. The OldPassword and NewPassword
parameters are required.
Example
>change password CLERK SALESREP
In this example, the password CLERK is changed to SALESREP. The user must
enter SALESREP exactly as it is; "salesrep" is not equivalent.
Before the change, the PASSWORDS part of the schema looks like this:
PASSWORDS:
11 CREDIT ;
12 BUYER ;
13 SHIP-REC ;
14 CLERK ; <---- password to be changed
18 DO-ALL ;
After the change, the PASSWORDS part of the schema looks like this:
PASSWORDS:
11 CREDIT ;
12 BUYER ;
13 SHIP-REC ;
14 SALESREP ; <---- password changed
18 DO-ALL ;
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