How to change user password on Solaris/Linux
This is a simple post provided details on how to change a users password on both Solaris and Linux systems.
Change user password
To change the user password, at the prompt, use the passwd command followed by the users id. For example...
On Solaris:
# passed <userid>
Replace <userid> with the actual user you wish to change
On Linux:
# passed <userid>
Force password change upon first login
On Solaris:
# passed -f <userid>
On Linux:
# change -d 0 <userid>
Password policies
On Solaris check the following files for password policy
- /etc/default/login
- /etc/default/passwd
On Linux, check the following files:
- /etc/login.defs
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth