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Change a User Password

Users may change their own password by issuing the following command:

TSS REPLACE(user) PASSWORD(password)
user

Specifies the user to which the new password is assigned.

password

Specifies the new password.

An administrator may assign passwords with the CREATE, ADD, or REPLACE command. Administrators may use the full power of the PASSWORD keyword.

TSS REPLACE(user) PASSWORD(password[,[expiration_interval][,EXP]])
password

Specifies the new password.

expiration_interval

Specifies the number of days before the password will expire. If you do not specify an interval value, the product substitutes the PWEXP control option value.

Range: 0-255

EXP

Specifies that the password is expired, to be immediately replaced by the user at the next signon.