Below are instructions on how to reset your root password for various *nix distributions running on our VPS hosts. Your VPS will be down during this reset so please. To change the root password on your VPS via SSH: Login to your VPS via SSH as the root user; Once you're logged in as root, issue the following command to the.

How to change password via SSH in Linux/Centos? First, you need login SSH to your Linux server, then use command passwd to change password. below example is change root password for a Centos: -bash-3.2# su - root - you don't need to do this if you already login ssh as root [root @ ComfortVPS.com ~]# passwd root - usage: passwd, passwd root means change password for accountname root Changing password for user root. New UNIX password: (You should type your new password here) Retype new UNIX password: (You should retype your new password again) passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. Done, you have successfully changed your password! SSH Change password Failed example: [root @ ComfortVPS. Ehome Infrared Receiver Software. com ~]# passwd Changing password for user root. New UNIX password: BAD PASSWORD: it is WAY too short Retype new UNIX password: Sorry, passwords do not match. New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: Sorry, passwords do not match.