Reset a Linode's root password

Resets the root password for this Linode.

• Your Linode must be shut down for a password reset to complete.
• If your Linode has more than one disk (not counting its swap disk), run the Reset a disk root password operation to update a specific disk's root password.
• A password_reset event is generated when a root password reset is successful.

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linode-cli linodes linode-reset-password 123 a$eCure4assw0rd!43v51

<https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-the-linode-cli>

linodes:read_write

<https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/get-started#oauth>