Change the User Account Passwords for the usagemeter and the umauditor User Accounts

You can change the usagemeter and umauditor user account passwords due to security restrictions or other reasons.

Important: Passwords for your usagemeter and umauditor user accounts expire after 90 days. To change the expiration parameters for the root, usagemeter, and umauditor user accounts, see Change the Password Expiration Parameters for the vCloud Usage Meter User Accounts.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have access to vCloud Usage Meter console as root.

Procedure

1. Log in to the virtual machine console as root.
2. To change the usagemeter or umauditor user account passwords, run the passwd user-account command.

   passwd user-account

3. To confirm the change, enter a new password, then reenter the same password to verify it.
   Note: All passwords must meet a set of password requirements. For more information, see Password Requirements for the vCloud Usage Meter User Accounts.
4. Log out from the virtual machine console.
5. (Optional) To update the user account password for the current user account, run the passwd command.
   passwd
   Enter a new password, then reenter the same password to verify it.
   Note: All passwords must meet a set of password requirements. For more information, see Password Requirements for the vCloud Usage Meter User Accounts.