ARD - Change local password

[Deep_Thought]

I need to update the local admin password on all our client machines, ranging from 10.7 to 10.9..

I've seen the Unix command - dscl .-passwd /Users/admin oldpassword newpassword but that gives me a Cannot open remote host error...

Am I missing something?

Cheers

 

[chrfr]

I need to update the local admin password on all our client machines, ranging from 10.7 to 10.9..

I've seen the Unix command - dscl .-passwd /Users/admin oldpassword newpassword but that gives me a Cannot open remote host error...

Am I missing something?

Cheers

There should be a space after the dot so that you have:

dscl . -passwd /Users/username oldpassword newpassword

 

[Deep_Thought]

Hmm now getting this:

Error: -71 "<dscl_cmd> DS Error: -14009 (eDSUnknownNodeName)

Any ideas?

Thanks

Scrub that - it worked!

THanks!