Editing Operating Systems/Linux/Ubuntu/Ubuntu 16.04 LTS/Bad-Passwords

==Why Passwords==
Passwords are required to keep accounts and info limited to only those that should have access; however, weak (bad) passwords can compromise this by making the accounts easier to access via brute force cracking or using rainbow tables, that of course being undesirable. 

==What Makes a Good Password==
A good password should be: complex, long, and easy to remember.

*Complex (Character Classes) 
**Letters
**Numbers
**Symbols
**Emojis 🤷‍♂️
*Long
**10+ letters long
*Easy to remember 
**So you can type it in more naturally and so you don't resort to poor practices like writing it on a sticky note.

== How to Set Someone's Password ==
Often times you will see an account with a weak password in the readme, you will get points for changing it to something more secure. (do NOT change the password of the account you are logged in as)

=== CLI ===

# Open <code>Terminal</code>
# Run <code>sudo bash</code>
# Run <code>passwd [name of user]</code><sup>1</sup>
# Then follow the prompts
#* (you should probably document the password somewhere in case you need to access the account again, not good sec practices but it works for this) 

=== GUI ===

# Open <code>System Settings</code>
# Navigate to <code>User Accounts</code>
# Unlock the settings page
# Click on the dotted out password of the user who's password you want to change
# Fill in the boxes on the window that pops up and click <code>Change</code>


<sup>1</sup>I have been having trouble getting passwd to work, whatever I enter it only changes the root password. However, according to all the documentation I have seen that should work.