IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, Version 7.1

SET PASSEXP (Set password expiration date)

Use this command to set the expiration period for administrator and client node passwords. You can set a common password expiration period for all administrators and client node passwords or selectively set password expiration periods.

Restriction: The SET PASSEXP command does not apply to passwords that authenticate with an LDAP directory server.

You can override this setting for one or more nodes by using the REGISTER NODE or UPDATE NODE command with the PASSEXP parameter.

Important: If you do not specify the NODE or ADMIN parameters, all client node and administrator passwords will use the new password expiration period. If you selectively set a password expiration period for a client node or administrator that does not already have a set password expiration period, it is not modified if you later set a password expiration for all users. The NODE or ADMIN parameters must be specified to change the password expiration period for client nodes or administrators that have selectively set password expiration periods.

You can use the RESET PASSEXP command to reset the password expiration period to the common expiration period.

Use the QUERY STATUS command to display the common password expiration period, which at installation is set to 90 days.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax


>>-Set PASSExp--days--+------------------------+---------------->
                      |          .-,---------. |   
                      |          V           | |   
                      '-Node--=----node_name-+-'   

>--+--------------------------+--------------------------------><
   |           .-,----------. |   
   |           V            | |   
   '-Admin--=----admin_name-+-'

Parameters

days (Required): Specifies the number of days that a password remains valid.
You can specify from 1 to 9999 if you do not specify the NODE or the ADMIN parameter. If you specify the NODE or the ADMIN parameter, you can specify from 0 to 9999. A value of 0 means that the password never expires. If a password expires, the server prompts for a new password when the administrator or client node contacts the server.
Node: Specifies the name of the node whose password expiration period you would like to set. To specify a list of nodes, separate the names with commas and no intervening spaces. This parameter is optional.
Admin: Specifies the name of the administrator whose password expiration period you would like to set. To specify a list of administrators, separate the names with commas and no intervening spaces. This parameter is optional.

Example: Set the administrator and client node password expiration

Set the administrator and client node password expiration period to 45 days.

set passexp 45

Example: Set an administrator's password expiration

Set the administrator LARRY's password expiration period to 120 days.

set passexp 120 admin=larry

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to SET PASSEXP
Command	Description
QUERY STATUS	Displays the settings of server parameters, such as those selected by the SET commands.
REGISTER NODE	Defines a client node to the server and sets options for that user.
RESET PASSEXP	Resets the password expiration for nodes or administrators.
UPDATE ADMIN	Changes the password or contact information associated with any administrator.
UPDATE NODE	Changes the attributes associated with a client node.

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