How Do I Query and Change the Password Validity Period of an Account?

Querying the Password Validity Period

Querying the password validity period of a component running user (human-machine user or machine-machine user):

1. Log in to the node where the client is installed as the client installation user.
2. Run the following command to switch to the client directory, for example, /opt/Bigdata/client:

   cd /opt/Bigdata/client

3. Run the following command to configure environment variables:

   source bigdata_env

4. Run the following command and enter the password of user kadmin/admin to log in to the kadmin console:

   kadmin -p kadmin/admin

   

   The default password of user kadmin/admin is Admin@123. Change the password upon your first login or as prompted and keep the new password secure.

5. Run the following command to view the user information:

   getprinc Internal system username

   Example: getprinc user1

   kadmin:  getprinc user1
   ......
   Expiration date: [never]
   Last password change: Sun Oct 09 15:29:54 CST 2022
   Password expiration date: [never]
   ......

Querying the password validity period of an OS user:

1. Log in to any master node in the cluster as user root.
2. Run the following command to view the password validity period (value of Password expires):

   chage -l Username

   For example, to view the password validity period of user root, run the chage -l root command. The command output is as follows:

   [root@xxx ~]#chage -l root
   Last password change                                    : Sep 12, 2021
   Password expires                                        : never
   Password inactive                                       : never
   Account expires                                         : never
   Minimum number of days between password change          : 0
   Maximum number of days between password change          : 99999
   Number of days of warning before password expires       : 7

Changing the Password Validity Period

• The password of a machine-machine user is randomly generated and never expires by default.
• The password validity period of a human-machine user can be changed by modifying the password policy on Manager.

  The operations are as follows:

  Versions earlier than MRS 3.x: Change the password validity period of a human-machine user by referring to Modifying a Password Policy.

  MRS 3.x or later: Change the password validity period of a human-machine user by referring toConfiguring Password Policies.