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Friday, 19 February 2010 12:30
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Command passwd

Changes the password.

Syntax

passwd [username]

Options

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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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