11.5 Changing Passwords
SUSE Linux Enterprise has the ability to help a user choose a suitable new password
that meets the corporate security policy. The underlying PAM module
retrieves the current password policy settings from the domain controller.
It informs about the specific password quality requirements a user account
typically has by means of a message at login time. Like the Windows
counterpart, SUSE Linux Enterprise presents a message describing:
The password change process cannot succeed unless all possible
requirements have been successfully satisfied. Feedback about the password
status is given both through the display managers and the console.
GDM and KDM provide feedback about password expiration and prompt for new
passwords in an interactive mode. To change passwords in the display
managers, just provide the password information when prompted to do so.
To change your Windows password, you can use the standard Linux
utility, passwd, instead of having to manipulate this
data
on the server. To change your Windows password, proceed as follows:
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Log in at the console.
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Enter passwd.
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Enter your current password when prompted to do so.
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Enter the new password.
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Reenter the new password for confirmation.
If your new password does not comply with the policies on the Windows
server, this feedback is given to you and you are prompted for another
password.
To change your Windows password from the GNOME desktop, proceed as
follows:
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Click the icon on the left edge of the
panel.
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Select .
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From the section, select .
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Enter your old password.
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Enter and confirm the new password.
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Leave the dialog with to apply your
settings.
To change your Windows password from the KDE desktop, proceed as follows:
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Select from the main
menu.
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Select .
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Click .
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Click .
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Enter your current password.
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Enter and confirm the new password and apply your settings with
.
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Leave the with .
