Changing Your Password
From Campus Web Server Help
Web Account Password Expiration/Updates
Your Campus Web Account password is set to automatically expire after 180 days. But, if you ever feel your password may have been compromised or someone in whom you've entrusted your password leaves, we recommend changing the password immediately. If your password expires, you may log in via SSH and change it yourself for up to 90 days. See below for more details on using SSH below.
How To Change Your Campus Web Account Password
- Connect to the campus web server via SSH. You can use Web SSH to connect, or see Logging Into Your Account for instructions to connect to you campus web server using various methods.
- Run the passwd command by typing "passwd" (with no quotes) and press enter.
- If your password has already expired, you'll automatically be prompted for a new password. Enter a new password and confirm it.
- If your password has not expired, enter your current password again when it asks for your "current password:"
- Once you are prompted to enter a new password, type in a password of your choice that meets the rule requirements, and confirm it.
- IMPORTANT: The passwords you enter will not be "echoed", so they will NOT appear next to "New Password" as you type on the keyboard. Make sure you type accurately, and do not press backspace. If you do, try pressing ENTER to start over, or run the "passwd" command again.
- If you successfully entered a password that meets the rule requirements, a success message appears saying "all password tokens were successfully updated."
- Type "logout" and press Enter to disconnect. Your new password should take affect immediately.
