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Change login password and associated attributes - passwd
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Boyce Fischer
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This article explains about passwd command with an example in unix.
passwd command is used to change login password and associated attributes in unix.
Syntax of passwd Command
passwd username
Example of passwd Command
Example 1 : To Change the password of user joseph
passwd joseph
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