Password - how to change your password

If you are a faculty member, or graduate student, and would like to change your password you must log onto a Linux machine in the research domain. Thetahat should work, as will most office Linux machines.

  1. Type kinit
  2. Follow the instructions that are given to type the old password. This grants you a ticket to use the kpasswd program.
  3. Type kpasswd
  4. Follow the instructions that are given to type in a new password and confirm it.
Note that the change should take place immediately on any faculty or grad machine but it will take 24 hours to take effect on the Newton Lab machines. It changes your Windows password as well.

If you prefer, you may change your password by logging in to the the MATH Windows domain, and then pressing +. This brings up a dialog box that contains a button labelled "Reset Password". Click this, and follow the instructions that are given. This method will change your password on both Linux and Windows systems.