Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote:
> 
> I know I've asked about passwords before but can't find the post on the
> archive.  I've just realsied (because I hardly ever reboot these days)
> that somehow or other I've set my root and user password as the same.  I
> know there's a command to change it.  Help please.
> Thanks
> 
To change your password as a user, use "passwd". To change your password
as root, you use the same command. But root can also chang4e a user's
password with "passwd <user>". A user needs to know their current
password in order to change it. This is not needed when changing the
password as root.

Mikkel
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