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user3673101
user3673101

Reputation: 41

syntax error in net user command while changing password

I am trying to change my password through net user command using command prompt(administrator).

When i type net user Taimoor Ali mypassword and press enter, it says:

syntax of this command is: " NET USER [username [password | *][options]][DOMAIN] "

along with other syntax examples.

Can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong? I am able to log in through my finger print scan but forgot my password.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 7430

Answers (1)

aschipfl
aschipfl

Reputation: 34979

Since your user name contains a SPACE, which constitutes a token separator in Windows cmd (like also TAB, ,, ;, =, and the non-break space, code 0xFF), your net user command line receives actually three tokens: Taimoor (user name), Ali (password) and mypassword (additional unexpected token).

To fix that, use quotation marks:

net user "Taimoor Ali" mypassword

Or, in case the password also contains token separators:

net user "Taimoor Ali" "mypassword"

There are also other characters that have got special meanings to cmd, which can also be taken as literal characters if the string is surrounded by quotation marks: ^, &, (, ), <, >, | and !.

Upvotes: 3

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