From a command line shell prompt, y ou can use the passwd command directly to set or c hange a passw ord. (You do not have to be root). Enter the following:
3passwd 4Return5
You will be prompted for y our old password. Then you will be prompted to enter and
See the later section in this c hapter, \Selecting a New P assword", if you need help with selecting passw ords. Use the same procedure to c hange an old password as to add a new passw ord. If you already have one, you will be prompted appropriately for the old passw ord.
Selecting a New Password
If you have already booted and used y our system, y ou should already ha ve set dierent passwords for your user account and for root.
However, you will also want to change your password from time to time as a matter of good securit y practice. The follo wing gives the general requiremen ts of setting passw ords.
A password must meet four criteria to be v alid:
Contain at least six c haracters.
At least two characters must be alphabetic.
At least one character must be a number
Dier from your previous passw ord by at least three characters.
Your password is
If you are adding many users to y our system, see System Administration Tasks for the details of con trolling access to y our system.
If you have not yet set your password, you can do so using SAM or a shell command line.
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