With today’s technology, you can store your whole life on your hard drive! Without password protection, nothing is safe (not even this article!). ! To modify a user’s password or your own password in Linux or UNIX use the passwd command. |
To change any users password as a root, Login as the root user and type the command: |
# passwd User_Name |
# passwd dhaval |
# passwd soni |
Sample outputs: |
Enter new UNIX password: |
Retype new UNIX password: |
passwd: password updated successfully |
To Change Your Own Password or as a normal user, Simply type the passwd command: |
$ passwd |
Sample outputs: |
(current) UNIX password: |
Enter new UNIX password: |
Retype new UNIX password: |
passwd: password updated successfully |
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