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Friday, 19 February 2010 12:30
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Command passwd

Changes the password.

Syntax

passwd [username]

Options

No

Description

The passwd command changes your password. It asks for old password, and then the new password. If you are a privileged user, you can change the password another user by specifying its name as an argument to the command passwd.

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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 19:22
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Command groups

groups command shows the groups to which the user belongs.

Syntax

groups [username]

Description

groups command displays the names of groups to which the user belongs. Unless specify the username, the command displays the current user group.

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