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    To change your password in Linux, run the password command which will securely scramble and store the new password in the /etc/shadow file that only root can read to protect it from prying eyes. System administrators can also force users to change their passwords by expiring them using the password -E command, which will require the user to set a new password at their next login.

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    To change your password in Linux, run the password command which will securely scramble and store the new password in the /etc/shadow file that only root can read to protect it from prying eyes. System administrators can also force users to change their passwords by expiring them using the password -E command, which will require the user to set a new password at their next login.

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    To change your password in Linux, run the password command which will securely scramble and store the new password in the /etc/shadow file that only root can read to protect it from prying eyes. System administrators can also force users to change their passwords by expiring them using the password -E command, which will require the user to set a new password at their next login.

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    To change your

    password in Linux, all you need to do is run the P-A-S-S-W-D, or


    password command. Let's try changing my password. When you set a password, it's
    securely scrambled
    then stored in a special privileged
    file called /etc/shadow. This file can only be read by route to keep away prying
    eyes. Even if you did have access, you wouldn't be
    able to descramble passwords found in here. If you're managing a
    computer and you want to force a standard user to
    change their password, like we did in Windows,
    you can use the -E or expire flag with
    password like this. This will immediately
    expire a user's password and then make them
    set a new password the next time they login.

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