You may occasionally need to change a user or root password on your Linux server. This article will guide you through changing your password.

Changing user password as user

To change a password as the user you want to change the password for, just run passwd and press enter. You will be prompted to change your password:

Changing another user’s password

To change the password of another user, run the command passwd <username> and press enter. If you’re not running as the root user, type in sudo passwd <username> and press enter. You’ll then be able to change the password of the user.