An illustrated guide on how to change your user password on a Linux operating system.
In order to set a new root password on a Linux server, make sure you are logged into the correct server and you have root access privileges.
![root access](https://docs.cherryservers.com/hubfs/root.png)
Then, run a “passwd root” command to invoke the password change script. Enter the new password twice to successfully change the password.
![change root password ssh](https://docs.cherryservers.com/hubfs/root2.png)
You will be notified whether the password was updated successfully. The same procedure can be applied to any user on the server by replacing root with any other username.