Wednesday, August 27, 2008

How to change the password in ubuntu

How to change the password in ubuntu?

Changing the password in UBUNTU was like a challenge for me. because I had been doing it the manually. I used to go to
SYSTEM > ADMINISTRATION>USERS AND GROUPS
and then change the password for the user.
But when I reboot, the changes would not work!

Today, I was able to do it by going to terminal. This makes me feel little more comfy because, now I do have same password for WINDOWS and UBUNTU as well.
:)

1. to change the root password
sudo passwd
enter password

2. to change the user password
su
passwd user


done!

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