Change linux user's password

[dmmcintyre3]

1. Login as root
2. type the following: (replace {username} with a username. Can have no username if changing your own password.)

Code:

passwd {username}

3. It should tell you what to do from there.

[eSupun]

Thank you very much for this nice and very helpful tutorial. You know how much i suffered [and you too ] from this not knowing how to change password for root.
Thanks again.

[dmmcintyre3]

(05-05-2010 10:20 AM)eSupun Wrote:  Thank you very much for this nice and very helpful tutorial. You know how much i suffered [and you too ] from this not knowing how to change password for root.
Thanks again.

It's real simple if you know what to do.

[eSupun]

Yep. The theory is the most important. I didn't knew the theory and couldn't change the password. But I know the theory now and I can do it practically.(Thanks to you )

[abhirup_guha]

its a very big help... as I really don't know how to change password in linux