Changing Your PSY Password

 

You must use SSH to do this.

Once you are at the SSH commandline prompt on psy:

  • To change your password, type this command on the same line as the prompt and hit Enter:

    passwd

  • Follow the onscreen directions. You will be asked to enter your existing password first, then the new password twice. Do not choose a password you have used before, especially not a password you used on the old server before the crash!
  • For help in choosing a secure password, see the password guidelines.
  • Once your new password has been accepted ("all authentication tokens have been updated" is the computer's way of saying that!), you can logout. Type this command and hit Enter:

    logout

  • You're done!

     

 

 

 

psytech@psy.ucsd.edu
updated September 22, 2002