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## update-password-alias

updates a password alias

Synopsis

    update-password-alias [--help]
     aliasname

Description

This subcommand updates the password alias IDs in the named target. An alias is a token of the form `${ALIAS=password-alias-password}`. The password corresponding to the alias name is stored in an encrypted form. The `update-password-alias` subcommand takes both a secure interactive form (in which the user is prompted for all information) and a more script-friendly form, in which the password is propagated on the command line.

This subcommand is supported in remote mode only.

Options

`--help`
`-?`

  Displays the help text for the subcommand.

Operands

aliasname

  This is the name of the password as it appears in `domain.xml`.

Examples

Example 1 Updating a Password Alias

      asadmin> update-password-alias jmspassword-alias
      Please enter the alias password>
      Please enter the alias password again>
      Command update-password-alias executed successfully.

Exit Status

0

  command executed successfully

1

  error in executing the command

See Also

delete-password-alias(1), list-password-aliases(1), create-password-alias(1)

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