diff --git a/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp b/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp
index aa20c2b..6b9d1d3 100644
--- a/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp
+++ b/user_channel/user_mgmt.cpp
@@ -682,38 +682,28 @@
  *  @return status
  */
 
-bool pamUpdatePasswd(const char* username, const char* password)
+int pamUpdatePasswd(const char* username, const char* password)
 {
     const struct pam_conv localConversation = {pamFunctionConversation,
                                                const_cast<char*>(password)};
     pam_handle_t* localAuthHandle = NULL; // this gets set by pam_start
 
-    if (pam_start("passwd", username, &localConversation, &localAuthHandle) !=
-        PAM_SUCCESS)
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
-    int retval = pam_chauthtok(localAuthHandle, PAM_SILENT);
+    int retval =
+        pam_start("passwd", username, &localConversation, &localAuthHandle);
 
     if (retval != PAM_SUCCESS)
     {
-        if (retval == PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR)
-        {
-            log<level::DEBUG>("Authentication Failure");
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            log<level::DEBUG>("pam_chauthtok returned failure",
-                              entry("ERROR=%d", retval));
-        }
-        pam_end(localAuthHandle, retval);
-        return false;
+        return retval;
     }
-    if (pam_end(localAuthHandle, PAM_SUCCESS) != PAM_SUCCESS)
+
+    retval = pam_chauthtok(localAuthHandle, PAM_SILENT);
+    if (retval != PAM_SUCCESS)
     {
-        return false;
+        pam_end(localAuthHandle, retval);
+        return retval;
     }
-    return true;
+
+    return pam_end(localAuthHandle, PAM_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 bool pamUserCheckAuthenticate(std::string_view username,
@@ -760,7 +750,7 @@
 ipmi_ret_t UserAccess::setSpecialUserPassword(const std::string& userName,
                                               const std::string& userPassword)
 {
-    if (!pamUpdatePasswd(userName.c_str(), userPassword.c_str()))
+    if (pamUpdatePasswd(userName.c_str(), userPassword.c_str()) != PAM_SUCCESS)
     {
         log<level::DEBUG>("Failed to update password");
         return IPMI_CC_UNSPECIFIED_ERROR;
@@ -772,29 +762,36 @@
                                        const char* userPassword)
 {
     std::string userName;
-    if (ipmiUserGetUserName(userId, userName) != IPMI_CC_OK)
+    if (ipmiUserGetUserName(userId, userName) != ipmi::ccSuccess)
     {
         log<level::DEBUG>("User Name not found",
                           entry("USER-ID=%d", (uint8_t)userId));
-        return IPMI_CC_PARM_OUT_OF_RANGE;
+        return ipmi::ccParmOutOfRange;
     }
     std::string passwd;
     passwd.assign(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(userPassword), 0,
                   maxIpmi20PasswordSize);
-    if (!std::regex_match(passwd.c_str(),
-                          std::regex("[a-zA-z_0-9][a-zA-Z_0-9,?:`!\"]*")))
+
+    int retval = pamUpdatePasswd(userName.c_str(), passwd.c_str());
+
+    switch (retval)
     {
-        log<level::DEBUG>("Invalid password fields",
-                          entry("USER-ID=%d", (uint8_t)userId));
-        return IPMI_CC_INVALID_FIELD_REQUEST;
+        case PAM_SUCCESS:
+        {
+            return ipmi::ccSuccess;
+        }
+        case PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR:
+        {
+            log<level::DEBUG>("Bad authentication token");
+            return ipmi::ccInvalidFieldRequest;
+        }
+        default:
+        {
+            log<level::DEBUG>("Failed to update password",
+                              entry("USER-ID=%d", (uint8_t)userId));
+            return ipmi::ccUnspecifiedError;
+        }
     }
-    if (!pamUpdatePasswd(userName.c_str(), passwd.c_str()))
-    {
-        log<level::DEBUG>("Failed to update password",
-                          entry("USER-ID=%d", (uint8_t)userId));
-        return IPMI_CC_UNSPECIFIED_ERROR;
-    }
-    return IPMI_CC_OK;
 }
 
 ipmi_ret_t UserAccess::setUserEnabledState(const uint8_t userId,