Changing Current Password of Your Account

"'I see!', said the blind carpenter, as he picked up his hammer and saw." - William Shakespeare, MacBeth Changing to a new password is done with the "nispasswd" command. Before changing your password, please keep in mind that your new password should be; Each password must have at least six characters. Only the first eight characters are significant. Each password must contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special character. In this case, "alphabetic" refers to all upper or lower case letters. Each password must differ from the user's login username and any reverse or circular shift of that login username. For comparison purposes, an upper case letter and its corresponding lower case letter are equivalent. New passwords must differ from the old by at least three characters. For comparison purposes, an upper case letter and its corresponding lower case letter are equivalent. You may take a look at tips on how to generate a good password first before deciding your new password. After typing "nispasswd," you will be prompted first for your current password and then twice for a new password. $ rlogin rhino [remote login to the network server] $ chkey -p Updating nisplus publickey database. Generating new key for 'unix.XXX@cee.odu.edu' Please enter the Secure-RPC password for [your User ID] : [your password] Please enter the login password for [your User ID]:[your password] You can change your password anytime you want using the same "nispasswd" command. Make it a habit to change your password regularly. When you're done with the password change, don't forget to Exit from the remote server to your console workstation. $ exit [log out from the remote server and get back to your console] $ [You should see console workstation name in your prompt now]