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Change the ONTAP Mediator username and password

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Change the ONTAP Mediator username or password from the Linux host where ONTAP Mediator is installed.

Change the username

You can change the username using the following procedure.

About this task

Perform this task on the Linux host where you installed ONTAP Mediator.

If you are unable to reach this command, you might need to run the command using the full path as shown in the following example:

/usr/local/bin/mediator_username

Steps

Change the username by choosing one of the following options:

  • Option (a): Run the command mediator_change_user and respond to the prompts as shown in the following example:

     [root@mediator-host ~]# mediator_change_user
 Modify the Mediator API username by entering the following values:
     Mediator API User Name: mediatoradmin
                   Password:
 New Mediator API User Name: mediator
 The account username has been modified successfully.
 [root@mediator-host ~]#

  • Option (b): Run the following command:

    MEDIATOR_USERNAME=mediator MEDIATOR_PASSWORD=mediator2 MEDIATOR_NEW_USERNAME=mediatoradmin mediator_change_user

     [root@mediator-host ~]# MEDIATOR_USERNAME=mediator MEDIATOR_PASSWORD='mediator2' MEDIATOR_NEW_USERNAME=mediatoradmin mediator_change_user
 The account username has been modified successfully.
 [root@mediator-host ~]#

Change the password

You can change the password using the following procedure.

About this task

Perform this task on the Linux host where you installed ONTAP Mediator.

If you are unable to reach this command, you might need to run the command using the full path as shown in the following example:

/usr/local/bin/mediator_change_password

Steps

Change the password by choosing one of the following options:

  • Option (a): Run the mediator_change_password command and respond to the prompts as shown in the following example:

     [root@mediator-host ~]# mediator_change_password
 Change the Mediator API password by entering the following values:
    Mediator API User Name: mediatoradmin
              Old Password:
              New Password:
          Confirm Password:
 The password has been updated successfully.
 [root@mediator-host ~]#

  • Option (b): Run the following command:

    MEDIATOR_USERNAME=mediatoradmin MEDIATOR_PASSWORD=mediator1 MEDIATOR_NEW_PASSWORD=mediator2 mediator_change_password

    The example shows that the password is changed from "mediator1" to "mediator2".

     [root@mediator-host ~]# MEDIATOR_USERNAME=mediatoradmin MEDIATOR_PASSWORD=mediator1 MEDIATOR_NEW_PASSWORD=mediator2 mediator_change_password
 The password has been updated successfully.
 [root@mediator-host ~]#