AIX - User Management - Set Password

AIX - User Management - Set Password

Using passwd command we can set password for user and root

#passwd Test

Enter new password: *****
Confirm password: *****

We are changing password for Test user from root path, it will not ask existing password for Test user, because root is administrator login.

If you are changing password from Test login, it will ask existing password, because user should know the existing password before changing the new password. Otherwise any user can change the Test user password. This not recommended security.

$pwd
/home/Test
$passwd Test
Enter the old password: *****
Enter the new password: *****
Confirm password again: *****

NOTE: If you are forgotten root password that time what you will do.

Answer: boot the server with BOS Cd and go to maintenance mode, access the rootvg, then you can change the password for root.

Like this we can change the password for users.