Linux Set User Password

• Open the Linux terminal application.
• Type following passwd command command to change your own password:

passwd

Sample output:

Changing password for vivek
(current) UNIX password:
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully

Linux change password for other user account

• Open the Linux terminal application.
• You need to login as the root user using the su command or sudo command:

sudo su

• Then as the root user, type the passwd command followed by the username. For example, to change password for user named ‘vivek’, run:

passwd vivek

Sample session:

Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully