Run command to set user password for root:
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">wsl -u root
passwd root
(type new password)
</code></pre>
Run command to set password for other users:
<pre><code class="lang-plaintext">wsl -u root
passwd user
(type new password)
</code></pre>
Example:
<img src="https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1692303235447/0b4f5863-438e-4e19-9e46-7de3142c8c55.png" alt class="image--center mx-auto" />

Run command to set user password for root:

```plaintext
wsl -u root
passwd root
(type new password)
```

Run command to set password for other users:

```plaintext
wsl -u root
passwd user
(type new password)
```

Example:

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1692303235447/0b4f5863-438e-4e19-9e46-7de3142c8c55.png align="center")

WSL Ubuntu - Set User Password