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How to change user password in Ubuntu 18.04, 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 26.04

Password polzovatelya yavlyaetsya odnim iz osnovnykh elementov bezopasnosti servera ili rabochey stantsii pod upravleniem Ubuntu. The regular password change helps to protect the system from unsanctioned access and increase the security level of the account.

In this instruction, I will show you how to change the password of the user in Ubuntu through the terminal. Follower version of the method:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Ubuntu 25.04
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Podklyuchenie k serveru

Esli vy ispolzuete udalennyy server, snachala podklyuchites k nemu po SSH:

ssh username@server-ip

Where:

username — username;
server-ip — IP address of your server.

Primer:

ssh root@192.168.1.10

Kak izmenit password tekushchego user

To change the password of the current user, complete the command:

passwd

Sistema posledovatelno prozit:

Current password:
New password:
Retype new password:

Enter:

Password.

New password.

Povtorite new password for authentication.

After the successful change, a message will appear:

passwd: password updated successfully

Important: when you enter the password, the symbols in the terminal are not autobrajayutsya. This is the standard security function of Linux.

How to change the password to another user

Esli u vas est prava administratora (sudo), vy mojete izmenit password lyubogo polzovatelya na servere.

Use the command:

sudo passwd username

For example:

sudo passwd airnet

After completing the command, you need to enter a new password:

New password:
Retype new password:

After a successful change, the system displays:

passwd: password updated successfully

Trebovaniya k nadejnomu parolyu

Dlya obespecheniya bezopasnosti rekomenduetsya ispolzovat slojnye password:

Minimum 12 characters;
Zaglavnye i strochnye bukvy;
Tsifry;
Special symbols;
Otsutstvie prostix slov i dat rojdeniya.

Primary password:

Airnet#2026Secure!Linux

Ne rekomenduetsya ispolzovat:

123456
password
qwerty
admin123

Check successful password change

After changing the password, it is recommended to open the new SSH connection and verify that the login is complete with the new password.

Eto pozvolit proverit korektnost izmeneniy do zavershenia tekushchey sessii.

Vozmozhnye oshibki

BAD PASSWORD

Soobshchenie mojet poyavitsya pri ispolzovanii slishkom prostogo parolya:

BAD PASSWORD: The password is too short

And in this case, it is recommended to choose a more suitable combination of symbols.

Authentication token manipulation error

Ashibka mojet voznikat pri otsutstvii neokhodimyx prav dostupa ili pvorejdenii filev authentication.

To change the password, use sudo or root.

Zaklyuchenie

Change the password in Ubuntu vypolnyaetsya all the same command:

passwd

To change the password of another user:

sudo passwd username

Regular password change helps increase the security of the server and protects the system from unsanctioned access.

Zakazat VPS/VDS with Ubuntu

Na serverax AIRNET dostupny vse actualnye version Ubuntu:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Ubuntu 25.04
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

You can order a VPS/VDS server with pre-installed Ubuntu and get full root access for system management.

Pereyti k vyboru VPS/VDS servera →

Answers to popular questions

How soon can I start using the service?

The user account is opened immediately upon application.

You can start using the service immediately after payment.

Author of the article:

Editor-in-Chief

Danaev Almaz