Update Linux User Password

Update Password

To update password, simply use the passwd command. By default, if the command does not receive any username value, it will change the current user's password.

Update Self

To update self, you simply issue the command:

$ passwd

Update Other Account

To update account, you simply issue the command with the username:

$ passwd <user>

Example, to change james' password from root account, it is:

$ passwd james

That's all for changing password for user.