Changing Appliance Passwords

From time to time, you might have reason to change the various passwords on the appliance and HSM. This might be because a password has possibly been compromised, or it might be because you have security procedures that mandate password-change intervals.

Appliance Passwords

The command used to change the appliance password for a user is different for admin users and operator or monitor users.

Admin-Level Users

Users with Admin privileges can use the following command to change their own password or the password of other appliance users, including other admin-level users. The current password is not required to change a password. As a result, never leave a session unattended.

lunash:> user password <userid>

If you issue the command without specifying a userid, the password for the currently logged-in user is changed.

Operator or Monitor-Level Users

Users with operator or monitor privileges can use the following command to change their own password:

lunash>: my password set

NOTE   Admin-level users can also use this command to change their own password.

HSMs and Partition Passwords

The above affects the password(s) for the appliance only, and does not affect the HSM or HSM partitions. See About Changing HSM and Partition Passwords, Resetting Passwords and Failed Logins for more information.