Dell OpenManage Deployment Toolkit Version 5.4 Command Line Interface Reference Guide

passwordaction

Table 1. passwordactionThe following table describes the option, sub-option, valid arguments and descriptions for the passwordaction.
Option	Sub-option	Valid Arguments	Description
passwordaction			Configures and tests the password for the specified User ID. This option cannot be replicated. All three sub-options, action, userid, and password must be included in the command line. NOTE This option does not support 20 byte passwords.
	--userid	2–16, if your system has a DRAC 5 controller	Specifies the BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.
	--action	setpassword, testpassword	Sets or tests the password for the specified User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated.
	--password	<string>	Sets the password (maximum of 16 printable ASCII characters) for the specified BMC User ID. This sub-option cannot be replicated. Example (to set and test the password for User ID 3): A:>syscfg passwordaction --userid=3 --action=setpassword --password=bmcmaster passwordaction userid=3 action=setpassword password=********* A:>syscfg passwordaction --userid=3 --action=testpassword --password=bmcmastor Password test failed.