#1. How to Change password as user via SSH?
- Login to SSH with the required credentials.
- Execute the below given command.
passwd
- It will ask you to enter your current password.
- Then prompts for New Password. Create a new password and re-type to confirm.
#2. How to Change Password as root user?
- Login to SSH with root credentials.
- Execute the below given command.
passwd [username]
*Replace the [username] with the cPanel username of which you want to change the password.
- Create New Password and re-type to confirm it. Then you will receive a confirmation message.
password updated successfully
#3. How to Manage Force Password Change via SSH?
- Execute the following command from root terminal.
passwd --expire [username]
*Replace [username] with cPanel username of which you want force password change.
- You will receive the confirmation message as:
Expiring password for user abc. passwd: SuccessThat's it !
Check the blog to get in detailed procedure to change password in Linux.
