7.5 passwd - changes your login passwor Linux For Beginners

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1 What is Linux? (1)
2 Understanding files and folders (1)
3 Understanding users and permissions (1)
4 Who and what is root (1)
5 Opening a command shell / terminal (1)
6 Your first Linux commands (1)
6.1 ls - short for list (1)
6.2 pwd - print name of current/working (1)
6.3 cd - Change directory (1)
7 The basic commands (1)
7.1 chmod - Make a file executable (1)
7.2 df - view filesystem disk space usag (1)
7.3 du - View the space used by files an (1)
7.4 mkdir - makes folders (1)
7.5 passwd - changes your login passwor (1)
7.6 rm - delete files and folders (1)
7.7 ln - make symbolic links (1)
7.8 tar archiving utility - tar.bz2 and (1)
8 Thanks to (1)

passwd - changes your login password

To change your password in Linux, type:

passwd

The root user can change the password of any user by running passwd with the user name as argument:

passwd jonny

will change jonnys password. Running passwd without arguments as root changes the root password.

If you need to add several new users and give them password you can use a handy program like Another Password Generator to generate a large set of "random" passwords.

KDE

From KDE you can change your password by going:

• K -> Settings -> Change Password
• K -> Settings -> Control Center -> System Administration -> User Account

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last modified: 2008-12-10 20:41:51

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