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Update osadmin password

  1. Login to your IP Fabric via SSH with the osadmin user and run the nimpee-net-config -t command to launch the configuration wizard.

    Change_osadmin_pass_TUI_!

  2. Select Yes to proceed.

    Attention

    Changing the osadmin password will affect: CLI access, System administration access and the backup encryption! Backups created before the password change will no longer be restorable.

  3. Input the new osadmin password twice.

    Input_new_osadmin_password

    Input_new_osadmin_password

    Password setup contains password complexity check, simple passwords are rejected.

    Password requirements as follows:

    • max password length is 256
    • single character class passwords are not supported
    • two character class must be at least 24 characters long
    • minimal length of passphrase is 24 characters
    • three character class must be at least 16 characters long
    • four character class must be at least 12 characters long
    • passphrase must have at least five words

    The character classes are:

    • digits
    • lower-case letters
    • upper-case letters
    • and other characters

    There is also a special class for non-ASCII characters, which could not be classified, but are assumed to be non-digits.

  4. Select Yes to reboot the system.

    Reboot