Password management method and apparatus, and computer readable storage medium

The present invention discloses a password management method. The method comprises: receiving initial passwords input by at least two users respectively, wherein the initial password is composed of any N-1 non-repetitive segments that are selected among N segments that a startup password is split into; analyzing the received initial password to obtain the startup password; and carrying out activation according to the startup password, so as for an approval system to obtain a corresponding machine password from a machine password management system. The present invention further discloses a password management apparatus and a computer readable storage medium. According to the password management method and apparatus, and the computer readable storage medium disclosed by the present invention, the difficulty of password management can be reduced, and the user does not need to memorize and manage a large number of machine passwords. 本发明公开了种密码管理方法，包括接收至少两用户分别输入的初始密码，其中，所述初始密码为在拆分为N段的启动密码中选择任意不重复的N-1段所组成；对接收到的初始密码进