Change user passwords | Continuous Data 2026.5

The default domain user created on Delphix Engines is now admin instead of delphix_admin. Engines created before 5.3.1 and upgraded to 5.3.1 or newer retain the old username delphix_admin. To avoid complications, we recommend you create users with an admin role and disable delphix_admin. If your Delphix Engine is a new engine, log in as admin and ssh admin@yourengine.

ssh into your engine with a user that has Admin privileges.
```
ssh admin@delphix
```

Go to Users and select the User you would like to change the password of.

delphix > user
delphix user > ls
delphix user > select example_user
delphix user "example_user" > ls

Select updateCredentialto allow you to change the password and set a new password.

delphix user "example user" > updateCredential
delphix user "example_user" updateCredential *> set newCredential.password=<new password>

Commit the operation.

delphix user "example_user" updateCredential *> commit

Example:

ssh admin@delphixengine

delphixengine > user
delphixengine user > ls

Objects

NAME           EMAILADDRESS
sysadmin       -
admin          no@delphix.com
test_user      no@delphix.com

Operations
    create
    current

delphixengine user > select test_user
delphixengine user "test_user" > ls

Properties

    type: User
    name: test_user
    authenticationType: NATIVE
    credential:
        type: PasswordCredential
        password: ********
    emailAddress: no@delphix.com
    enabled: true
    firstName: (unset)
    homePhoneNumber: (unset)
    isDefault: true
    lastName: (unset)
    locale: en_US
    mobilePhoneNumber: (unset)
    passwordUpdateRequested: false
    principal: test_user
    publicKey: (unset)
    reference: USER-2
    sessionTimeout: 30min
    userManager: true
    userType: DOMAIN
    workPhoneNumber: (unset)

Operations
    delete
    update
    disable
    enable
    updateCredential

delphixengine user "test_user" > updateCredential
delphixengine user "test_user" updateCredential *> set newCredential.password=<new password>
delphixengine user "test_user" update *> commit

Last updated

Oct 9, 2026