How to change user password in linux

How to change user password in Linux: You can use the passwd command to change the password. Specific method: first execute the [passwd username] command; then enter the new password twice and press Enter.

The operating environment of this article: red hat enterprise linux 6.1 system, thinkpad t480 computer.

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Use the passwd command to change the password in Linux. Run passwd as the root user. passwd user_name can set or modify the password of any user. , ordinary users running passwd can only modify their own passwords.

[root@localhost ~]#  passwd  ##修改root用户密码
Changing password for user root..
New password: ##输入新密码
Retype new password:  ##再次确认新密码
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

[root@localhost ~]# passwd hadoop  ##修改hadoop用户密码
Changing password for user hadoop.
New password:  ##输入新密码
Retype new password:  ##再次确认新密码
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

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