0006112: Change Kali user password using passwd

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006112	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2020-02-19 02:30	2020-02-19 08:18

Reporter	blindhacker	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	trivial	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.1

Summary	0006112: Change Kali user password using passwd
Description	When changing Kali password you may want to alias it passwd $user as when you try and change the password it does not allow you to change the users password with out doing a sudo passwd kali .
Steps To Reproduce	open terminal sudo passwd qwerty1234 Close terminal open terminal sudo bash qwert1234 inncorrect password You mist use sudo passwd kali

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-02-19 02:30	blindhacker	New Issue
2020-02-19 08:18	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2020-02-19 08:18	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2020-02-19 08:18	rhertzog	Resolution	open => no change required
2020-02-19 08:18	rhertzog	Note Added: 0012308

rhertzog 2020-02-19 08:18 administrator ~0012308	There's no bug here. That's the way things work "passwd" changes the current user's password. "sudo passwd" thus changes the root password but "sudo" is asking the user's password.