tldr/pages/linux/qm-guest-passwd.md

qm guest passwd

Set the password for a specific user on QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine Manager. More information: https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/qm.1.html.

• Set a password for a specific user in a virtual machine interactively:

qm guest passwd {{vm_id}} {{username}}

• Set an already hashed password for a specific user in a virtual machine interactively:

qm guest passwd {{vm_id}} {{username}} --crypted 1