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Changing Your Unix Password

The procedure to change your Unix password is different for a machine that participates in single sign-on and for a machine with local accounts.

Changing Your Password for Single Sign-on Accounts

Changing your single sign-on password affects your accounts on all machines that participate in single sign-on.

  1. Go to the Server Farm Password Change page.

  2. In the Username box, enter your username.

  3. In Current LDAP Password box, enter your current password.

  4. In the New LDAP Password box, enter your new password. Use the following criteria to create a secure password:
    • Passwords should be 8-20 characters long.
    • Passwords should not contain your name, NetID, dictionary words, or simple patterns.
    • Passwords must include 3 of the following: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, special characters (!, @, #, $, etc.).

  5. In the Confirm New LDAP Password box, enter your new password again, and then click Change Password.

NOTE: If you've forgotten your Server Farm username and password, you can change your password using your Kerberos credentials (NetID and password). Click the link at the bottom of the Change Password page to use Kerberos instead.

Changing Your Password for Local Accounts

Use this procedure to change the password for your local account on any Server Farm machine that does not participate in single sign-on and for certain accounts on single sign-on machines.

  1. To change the local account password, use the password command:
    [passwd -r files].

    Use the following criteria to create a secure password:
    • Passwords should be 8-20 characters long.
    • Passwords should not contain your name, NetID, dictionary words, or simple patterns.
    • Passwords must include 3 of the following: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, special characters (!, @, #, $, etc.).