On one server I have an application running as a non-root linux user. I forgot its password, so I was about to change it using root priviledges, but then I wondered if that could harm the application running with that user.
I looked online but I didn't find any answers to this. Does anything happens to the user's running processes when the user's password is changed?
tl;dr
some testing did not cause any problems in a new user, it seems safe to change password without changing any access parameters.
useradd -d /home/testing -m -p testing1 testing
Caveat: Havent tested on any software where auth is required (ssh, pc etc...)