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SXACL-USERNEWKEY(1) Skylable SX Manual SXACL-USERNEWKEY(1)

sxacl-usernewkey - change (password based) user authentication key

sxacl usernewkey [OPTIONS] <username> sx://[profile@]cluster

sxacl usernewkey generates a new user authentication key based on a password or a random data, which automatically replaces the old one. A normal user can change its own key and a cluster administrator can change a key of any user.

Print help and exit
Print help, including hidden options, and exit
Print version and exit
By default sxacl works in interactive mode and asks for the user password on standard input. With this option it will read the password from the provided file.
Store authentication key in a given file (instead of printing it).
Automatically generate a new key based on a random data instead of a password.
Disable additional information and only print the automatically generated authentication key.
By default, the new authentication key is automatically generated. With this option one can force the use of an old key. Only a key that was previously generated for the same username will be accepted.
Path to the SX configuration directory (default: ~/.sx)
Enable debug messages.

To change the key of user 'joe' run:
sxacl usernewkey joe sx://admin@cluster

sxacl-usergetkey(1), sxacl-userlist(1), sxacl-useradd(1), sxacl-userdel(1), sxinit(1)

November 2014 sxacl 2.0