Change Your Password
From BYU Astro Docs
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How to Change Your Password
Changing your password is done by typing the following in a command shell:
yppasswd
At this point, you will be prompted to enter your current password, then will be asked to enter and confirm your new password.
IMPORTANT: If you log into TARDIS remotely, don't change your password. SSH to one of the workstations and use the yppasswd command from there.
Some notes about your passwords:
- Use yppasswd instead of passwd to change your password since passwords are authenticated off the NIS server.
- PASSWORDS ARE CASE SENSITIVE!!!!!!
- It is a good idea to change your passwords once a semester
- Changing your password will effect all Linux computers on the astronomy network.
- tardis
- dalek
- davros
- timelord
- gallifrey
- knine
- rassilon
- sidrat
- Don't make you password a dictionary word. You'll know because the computer will tell you so and not let you change it. Use a combination of number and letters that would be weird for other people, but you can remember.
