chpass

The chpass command changes the password expiration time and the number of login attempts for a storage complex.


>>-chpass--+------------------+--+----------------+------------><
           '- -expire--number-'  '- -fail--number-'

Parameters

-expire number: (Optional) Specifies the number of days a Storage Manager user account password is valid before it expires. The default number of days is 365. If you do not want the password to expire, enter a value of zero. After the password expires, the user is not allowed to log in unless the password is changed.
-fail number: (Optional) Specifies the number of login attempts allowed on any given Storage Manager user account. The number of login attempts can be zero to twenty-five. The default number of login attempts is 15. If you do not want a limit on the number of login attempts, enter zero . After the number of login attempts is exceeded, the user account is locked.

Invoking the chpass command

dscli>chpass -expire 20 -fail 0

The resulting output

Sun Aug 11 02:23:49 PST 2004 IBM DS  CLI 
Version 5.0.0.0 DS:IBM 1750–68FA120
Password parameters successfully changed.