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acein1

11-19-2010 10:44 AM

changing the logon password

helo again,i would like to know how to change the "logon "password,not the one under "about me",many thanks once more

smart_shell

11-19-2010 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acein1 (Post 4164502)

helo again,i would like to know how to change the "logon "password,not the one under "about me",many thanks once more

man passwd

divyashree

11-19-2010 11:45 AM

Quote:

#passwd username

to change the password of the user.

check passwd --help

acein1

11-19-2010 12:12 PM

many thanks to you both for your help,as you can see im very new here,and i trid your suggestions in the "terminal" without success,still trying to work my way through some stuff very new to me.
its no big deal ,i should have given it more thought when i first switched on, cheers anyway

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