Resetting the Password in the ECS OS

This section describes how to reset the password for logging in to an ECS in the OS when the password is about to expire, the password is forgotten, or you are logging in to the ECS for the first time. It is a good practice to change the initial password upon the first login.

The ECS can be logged in.

Table 1 shows the ECS password complexity requirements.

For a Windows ECS, log in to the ECS using the old password and reset the password in the OS.

1. Log in to the Windows ECS.

   For details, see Login Overview (Windows).

2. Press Win+R to start the Run dialog box.
3. Enter cmd to open the command-line interface (CLI) window.
4. Enter a new password that meets the requirements listed in Table 1.

   net user Administrator new-password

1. Use the existing key file to log in to the ECS as user root through SSH.

   For details, see Logging In to a Linux ECS Using an SSH Key Pair.

2. Run the following command to reset the password of user root:

   passwd

   To reset the password of another user, replace passwd with passwd username.

3. Enter a new password that meets the requirements listed in Table 1 as prompted.

   New password:
   Retype new password:
   
   

   If the following information is displayed, the password has been changed:

   passwd: all authentication tokens updates successfully