passwd

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Change a user's password. See also: `chpasswd`.

Options (2)

-S, --statusboolean

Get the current status of the user

Example: passwd {{[-S|--status]}}

-d, --deleteboolean

Make the password of the account blank (it will set the named account passwordless)

Example: passwd {{[-d|--delete]}}

Change the password of the current user interactively

passwd

Change the password of a specific user

sudo passwd username

Get the current status of the user

passwd [-S|--status]

Make the password of the account blank (it will set the named account passwordless)

passwd [-d|--delete]

Set password programmatically (ideal for install scripts)

yes password | passwd