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TL;DR

passwd

Change a user’s password. More information: https://manned.org/passwd.

  • Change the password of the current user interactively:

passwd

  • Change the password of a specific user:

passwd username

  • Get the current status of the user:

passwd -S|--status

  • Make the password of the account blank (it will set the named account passwordless):

passwd -d|--delete

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