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user-change-password

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      Change user password

      SYNOPSIS

      couchbase-cli-user-change-password [--cluster <url>] [--username <username>]
    [--password <password>] [--new-password <password>]

      DESCRIPTION

      Changes the password of the current user.

      OPTIONS

      -c
      --cluster

      Specifies the hostname of a node in the cluster. See the HOST FORMATS section for more information on specifying a hostname.

      -u
      --username <username>

      Specifies the username of the user executing the command. If you do not have a user account with permission to execute the command then it will fail with an unauthorized error.

      -p
      --password <password>

      Specifies the password of the user executing the command. If you do not have a user account with permission to execute the command then it will fail with an unauthorized error. If this argument is specified, but no password is given then the command will prompt the user for a password through non-echoed stdin. You may also specify your password by using the environment variable CB_REST_PASSWORD.

      --new-password <password>

      The new password.

      EXAMPLES

      To change the user password run the following command.

      $ couchbase-cli user-change-password -c 192.168.1.5 -u readOnly \
 -p password --new-password newpassword

      ENVIRONMENT AND CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

      CB_REST_USERNAME

      Specifies the username to use when executing the command. This environment variable allows you to specify a default argument for the -u/--username argument on the command line.

      CB_REST_PASSWORD

      Specifies the password of the user executing the command. This environment variable allows you to specify a default argument for the -p/--password argument on the command line. It also allows the user to ensure that their password are not cached in their command line history.

      SEE ALSO

      couchbase-cli

      COUCHBASE-CLI

      Part of the couchbase-cli suite