.. _lunasa_passwords:

Managing Passwords with LunaSA
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To change existing passwords you can do the following.

.. index:: 
	HSM passwords

.. note:: In nearly all cases when changing passwords you need physical access to the HSM via the PED keys!


Changing admin Password
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To change the password of the admin user you can issue the command::

   lunash:> user password admin


Changing HSM PED Password
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You can change the PIN of the blue PED key using the command::

   lunash:> hsm changePw

.. warning:: Blue HSM admin key needed!

Changing Partition Passwords
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You can change the partition password and the PIN of the black partition owner key::

 lunash:> partition changePw -partition <partition-name>

.. warning:: Black partition owner key needed!

Resetting Partition Passwords
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If you have forgotten the partition password you can reset the partition password as HSM admin::

   lunash:>hsm login

   lunash:>partition resetPw -partition <partition-name>

.. warning:: Blue HSM admin key needed!