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

  STATUS  CHANGED  ERROR  NAME
  ok      true            deploy

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  ERROR                 NAME
  web-01    ok      true                            deploy
  web-02    ok      true                            deploy
  mac-01    skipped false    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