How to Reset SUSE Manager User Password

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Environment

SUSE Manager Server 4.3

SUSE Manager Server 5.1

Situation

As SUSE Manager Administrator or SUSE Manager User, you need to reset or recover from a lost password.

Resolution

To recover the forgotten username or password please follow the steps mentioned below on SUSE Manager Server WebUI
- Navigate to Web UI sign in page
- Click About
- Click Lookup Login/Password.
- Enter the username or email address
- Click Send Password or Send Login
- Missing information will be sent to you

To reset the password via SUSE Manager server command line interface, please use the following commands:
- satwho - List the login names of users on the management server.
- satpasswd - Change a user's password on the management server.
```
Usage: satpasswd [OPTIONS] user

Options:
        -h, --help      Print this help message.
        -s, --stdin     Read the password from standard input.



Example: 
# satpasswd user2
Password:
Retype password:
```

Additional Information

Due to the nature of the satwho and satpasswd commands, access to these commands is restricted to the root user. For more information, please refer to the following:

man satwho
man satpasswd
SUSE Manager documentation - https://documentation.suse.com/suma/4.3/en/suse-manager/reference/home/user-account-my-account.html

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