Passwd (command)

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passwd USERNAME
passwd -l $USERNAME // for disabling password login
passwd -u $USERNAME // will unlock account if needed


passwd -u $USERNAME
passwd: password expiry information changed.

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passwd -u USERNAME
passwd: password for USERNAME changed by root
passwd -u USERNAME
passwd: password for USERNAME is already unlocked


journalctl 
Feb 05 14:35:55 SERVER_NAME passwd[29180]: pam_unix(passwd:chauthtok): password changed for root

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