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Commands for managing CIFS servers computer account passwords

You need to know the commands for changing, resetting, and disabling passwords, and for configuring automatic update schedules. You can also configure a schedule on the CIFS server to update it automatically.

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Change or reset the domain account password and you know the passwordvserver cifs domain password change
Reset the domain account password and you do not know the passwordvserver cifs domain password reset
Configure CIFS servers for automatic computer account password changesvserver cifs domain password schedule modify -vserver vserver_name -is-schedule-enabled true
Disable automatic computer account password changes on CIFS serversvserver cifs domain password schedule modify -vserver vs1 -is-schedule-enabled false

See the man page for each command for more information.