After the service technician has provided you with the password
for the root account, follow this procedure to change the password
for the root account.
Procedure
Open an ssh session
to AE Services.
As the root user, type passwd root and press the ENTER key.
At the prompt, type
the new password you are assigning.
The default Linux password policy, which is based on a US standard
keyboard and the default password limits for PAM Module Configuration,
calls for a minimum of 8 characters, with at least 1 uppercase character,
1 lowercase character, 1 alphanumeric character, and 1 special character.
The following characters are not permitted: $ (dollar sign), ’
(apostrophe), " (quotation mark), \ (backslash), the space character,
and any ASCII control-character.
Press the ENTER key.
At the prompt, type
the new password again and press the ENTER key.