PMDF popstore & MessageStore Manager's Guide

The set_pwd command is used to change a user's password. This command must be presented to the password changing CGI which uses the URL

http://host:7633/chng_pwd/

The parameter names and associated values accepted by the command are listed in Table 5-3.

Table 5-3 set_pwd Command Parameters

parameter=value		Description
newp=string1	Required	New password to use for the account. Length of this string can not exceed a length of 32 bytes.
on_error=file-spec	Required	Name of the formatting file to use to format the results when the command fails.
on_success=file-spec	Required	Name of the formatting file to use to format the results when the command succeeds.
username=string3	Required	The name of the account whose password to change. Length of this string can not exceed a length of 32 bytes.
verp=string2	Required	Verification copy of the new password to use for the account. The value of string2 must be identical to the value of string1 given by the newp parameter. Length of this string can not exceed a length of 32 bytes.

An example command is shown below:

command=set_pwd&username=myacct&newp=SeCReT&verp=SeCReT& on_success=pwd_success.txt&on_error=pwd_error.txt