Freebsd changing password

Q. How do I change a password under FreeBSD or Linux (UNIX) operating systems?

A. The FreeBSD passwd utility changes the user's local, Kerberos, or NIS password. If the user is not the super-user, passwd first prompts for the current password and will not continue unless the correct password is entered.

Choosing a good password

It is a good idea to change password once a month or week. Make sure you change the password when admin gives you first time account information including a password to log on.

The new password should be at least six characters long and not purely alphabetic.
Its total length must be less 128 characters.
The new password should contain a mixture of upper and lower case characters
In all other situations, numbers, upper case letters and meta characters are encouraged.
It should not be similar to the login id
Please note that all UNIX / BSD / Linux password are case sensitive

Changing your own password

Just type passwd and hit [Enter] key:
$ passwd
So before the password can be changed, the current password must be supplied. When entering the new password, the characters entered do not echo, in order to avoid the password being seen by a passer-by. The passwd utility prompts for the new password twice in order to detect typing errors.