The most reliable way to change your linux password is via a command prompt. You will need to start a terminal window. At the prompt, type passwd. You will be prompted to enter your current password, followed by the new password and the new password again. None of the passwords will be echoed on the screen.If you do not see the message "authentication tokens updated successfully" there was an error changing the password. Just type passwd and try again. Pay careful attention to your typing.
You may get some errors: As shown in the Figure above .
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
BAD PASSWORD: it's WAY too short or similiar.
That means your password doesn't meet the password requirements. Ideally it should be at least eight characters long, not based on a dictionary word and a mixture of letters, numbers and characters.
Solution: Incase you don't have time to think of any possible good password, make use of the "Online" password generator, the link is given below.
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