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How To Change Your Password

Important: When your account is newly activated you are issued a login password. This is meant as a temporary password and should be changed immediately.

Using a Standard Login Terminal The standard way to change the password is through a login terminal. The command to do this is "passwd": $ passwd passwd: Changing password for ... Enter existing login password: New Password: Re-enter new Password: passwd: password successfully changed for ... $