Passwd

Before getting into how to change a user’s password on FreeBSD, let’s have a quick revision on how that can be done on a Linux system. As a user we can change the password by typing: $ passwd Changing password for user kenno. Changing password for kenno. Current password: ... Or with a root account, we can change/set the password for another user: # passwd kenno Changing password for user kenno. New password: ... How about a FreeBSD? It should be the same way as how it’s done on Linux right? Right? Well, not quite. ...

Sure, you Linux gurus must be laughing at me to see this post. However, this is my 2nd time needing to remove a user’s password and I had to Google for it! So here is just a quick tip to mind your truly: # passwd -d your_username In case you’re wondering why I need to remove a password for an account, it’s for my 4 year old daughter who enjoys playing supertuxcart. She wants to have her own user account on a Fedora 24 box without a password. ...