{"id":5598,"date":"2023-02-16T12:48:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T07:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2023-02-16T12:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T07:18:44","slug":"openbsd-change-password-for-root-and-other-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/openbsd-change-password-for-root-and-other-users\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenBSD Change Password For Root and Other Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To change the password for the root user or any other user on OpenBSD, you can use the <code>passwd<\/code> command.<\/p>\n<p>To change the password for the root user, you can run the following command as the root user:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">passwd<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You will be prompted to enter the new password twice. Note that when you type your password, no characters will be displayed on the screen. This is a security measure to prevent others from seeing your password as you type it.<\/p>\n<p>To change the password for a different user, run the same command as the root user and specify the username as an argument:<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">passwd username<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Again, you will be prompted to enter the new password twice.<\/p>\n<p>After changing the password, you should verify that you can log in as the user using the new password. 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