Password

Change a user's password:

$ osapi client node user password --target web-01 \
    --name deploy --password 'newpass123'

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  STATUS   CHANGED  NAME
  web-01    changed  true     deploy

  1 host: 1 changed

The password is sent as plaintext and hashed by the agent using the system's default hashing algorithm.

Broadcast to all hosts:

$ osapi client node user password --target _all \
    --name deploy --password 'newpass123'

  Job ID: 550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

  HOSTNAME  STATUS   CHANGED  NAME
  web-01    changed  true     deploy
  web-02    changed  true     deploy
  mac-01    skip

  3 hosts: 2 changed, 1 skipped

  Details:
  mac-01    unsupported platform

Flags

Flag	Description	Default
`-T, --target`	Target: `_any`, `_all`, hostname, or label (`group:web`)	`_all`
`--name`	Username to change password for (required)
`--password`	New password (plaintext, hashed by the agent) (required)
`-j, --json`	Output raw JSON response

Flags​

Flags