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--- help:password [2018/08/13 14:12] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ help:password [2025/01/31 15:36] (current) – [Reset Your Password] tmorris
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-===== Reset Your Password =====
+==== First Time Login ====
-  * [[https://www.cs.vassar.edu:8009/pwm | Change / Reset linux password (online service)]]
+The first time you log into a CS workstation with a temporary password, the login page will help you reset your password. First, enter your username (this will be the same as your Vassar email address, before the @-symbol):
+{{:help:reset0.jpg?nolink&400|}}
+Enter your temporary password, which should have been given to you by your professor or sysadmin:
+{{:help:reset1.jpg?nolink&400|}}
+If there is an error, try again starting with your username. If you enter the temporary password correctly, it will ask you to enter it one more time:
+{{:help:reset2.jpg?nolink&400|}}
+Then, choose a password (see the "Create a Password" section below for guidelines) and enter it twice to confirm:
+{{:help:reset3.jpg?nolink&400|}}
+==== Reset Your Password ====
+  * [[https://www.cs.vassar.edu:8009/pwm | Change / Reset linux password (online service).]] **Can only be done from a Vassar network. This web UI will not work from a network (or cell phone carrier) outside of the Vassar College network. **
+Note: the password reset system is currently operating slowly, and emails may be delayed by a few minutes. If you are not able to use this system to change your password, please contact Toma: tmorris at vassar dot edu
+==== Create a Password ====
+Computer Science linux accounts conform to CIS's password policy:
+  * [[https://servicedesk.vassar.edu/solutions/504960-best-practice-password-security.portal|Password Information from Vassar College CIS]]
-===== Create a password =====
 A strong password contains:
   * at least 16 characters
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 Creating:
   * http://strongpasswordgenerator.com
-  * //pwgen// on the linux cmd line
+  * //pwgen// on the Linux command line
-    * //pwgen 16 1// : to create one 16 character password : //man pwgen// for help
+    * //pwgen 16 1// to create one 16-character password; see //man pwgen// for help
-===== Changing Your Password =====
+==== Changing Your Password - GUI ====
-Changing your password occasionally is a good practice and is something that is enforced in many environments.  Computer Science linux accounts conform to CIS's password policy:
-  * [[https://servicedesk.vassar.edu/solutions/504960-best-practice-password-security.portal|Password Information from Vassar College CIS]]
+Login passwords can be changed after you log in using the
+                              Menu --> All -->  About Me
+         This pops up a message box "About [Firstname] [Last Name]".
+         Click [Change Password].
+          Enter the current password and click [Authenticate] to verify.
+          Enter the new password.
+          Retype new password.
+          Click [Change password]
+Once you are notified that this succeeded,
+          Click [Close] on the "Change password" pop-up box.
+          Click [Close] on the "About me" pop-up box.
+          Log out of the system and back in with your new password.
+==== Changing Your Password - Command Line ====
+Changing your password occasionally is a good practice and is something that is enforced in many environments.
 Two ways to change password:
-  * enter //passwd// on the linux cmd line
+  * enter //passwd// on the linux cmd line in a terminal window
-  * double click "Change Password" on the Desktop (padlock)
+Note: When you type your characters are not echoed back to the terminal. You will see nothing, not even a cursor. The entire session, if completed successfully, will look as follows:
+{{:help:commandline-changepasswd.png?400|}}