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Tag Archives: Passwd

How To: Change the password for users accounts on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS using Terminal ?

Posted on May 6, 2010 by mhnassif
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A quick How To: change the password for users accounts on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS using Terminal

change the password for the operating system from time to time, that’s keep your stuff safe.

  • Instructions to make a strong password

it really important to know how to choose your password make sure you have included different letters, not a familiar word, not a birthday, not a mobile phone number, try to use capital letters, signs such as ” *-+_..” stuff like this.

Go to terminal

passwd "username"                  without quotes ""

will ask you for current password

then it will ask you for new password you want, make sure you remember to this instructions to make a strong password.

that’s it for now.

Posted in How To?, Shell CLI, Tips And Tricks, unc | Tagged Administration, Change user accounts password, How To?, Linux Mint, Login screen, Passwd, Password, Privilege, Terminal, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Final version, Ubuntu 9.10, Users and Groups | Leave a reply

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