How to change host password on Linux
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Revision as of 11:01, 11 July 2016
To better protect your system, it is required to change the default password. Please see this page http://www.usewisdom.com/computer/passwords.html for guidelines on how to choose a good password. Additionally it is always more secure keep passwords in as less hands/heads as possible.
Change the password
- Connect to your unit through SSH
- Enter the passwd command
- Example:
[root@TB003540 ~]# passwd
- The system will ask you to enter your new password twice
- For more information
man passwd
