passwd

•   passwd command examples

Change your password from command line using passwd. This will prompt
for the old password followed by the new password.


$ passwd


Super user can use passwd command to reset others password. This will
not prompt for current password of the user.

# passwd USERNAME


Remove password for a specific user. Root user can disable password for
a specific user. Once the password is disabled, the user can login without
entering the password.

# passwd -d USERNAME