Change password?

[atran214]

Hi,

I want to know how to change a password to an user account. Can someone give me the syntax on how to do this? I was using usermod but it's not working (usermod -p 123456 user1). Is there other way beside usermod? I am using RHEL5.

Thanks,
Allen

[devils casper]

passwd user1

You must have root privileges to change password of other users. If you want to change your own password, execute passwd command without user_id.

passwd

[vsemaska]

Also, the reason why usermod isn't working is because you have to pass the password encrypted. Here's a thread that was about it.

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html

[atran214]

Thanks guys for your input!
Allen