Changing Your Password from Internet Connection

Changing Your Password

In order to change the password on your Linux or Unix-based hosting account, first login to your server using SSH. We recommend Windows users download PuTTY, a free SSH client. After logging in, simply type passwd.You will be prompted to first enter your old password, then prompted to enter the new password twice.

 bash-2.04$ passwd 
 Changing password for username 
 (current) UNIX password: 
 Enter new UNIX password: 
 Retype new UNIX password: 
 passwd: password updated successfully 
 bash-2.04$

Remember, for security reasons your password should be at least 6 characters in length and contain both numbers and letters.