How a user can change his password.

0. Introduction.

 There are two ways to change a password:

1) You can use any program that works with TELNET-protocol. These programs are supplied with most of the operating systems that support TCP/IP, like Windows 95/98, Windows NT, most of the Unix systems.

2) You can use any terminal program, e.g. Hyperterminal, supplied with Windows-95, or Telix, Telemate etc. It's similar to the process described above, but you will need to reconnect every time you logging in.

Further (to simplify the description) we will suppose Windows 95/98/NT as an operating system and will use telnet.exe program, supplied with Windows. In this description text typed in bold is used to describe computer's output, and the text typed in italic is used to describe the user's input.

1. The beginning.

 First you need to connect to our server. As soon as you are connected, click "Start" button at the task bar, choose "Run..." and type "telnet" in the "Open: " string.

When "telnet" window has opened, choose "Connect", then "Remote system". Set "Host name" to "ts0.redline.ru", "Port" to "telnet" ("TermType" can be anything, e.g. "vt100").

Wait for connection to our server, after that you will see: 
Linux 2.0.36 (ts0) (ttyp6)


Welcome to Linux 2.0.36.
ts0 login: username

You should enter your login ("username" in this example) after "login: " prompt, then you will see "Password: ":

Password: password

now you should enter your password ("password" in this example). (Note: you will not see your password on the screen while you are typing it!). If login and password were entered correctly, there are two ways:
  1. Password expired. This happens if you never changed your password.
  2. Password is not expired.

1. Password expired.

 You will be immediately asked to change your password.

2. Password is not expired.

 We will enter the "UNIX shell". 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        REDLINE office works from 10.00 till 21.00 (Monday-Friday), 
             from 11.00 till 18.00 (weekends and holidays)
Our address: Moscow, Bolshaya Nikitskaya street,h.58, 2 floor, 7 room, 
              our phone 291-6132 e-mail support@redline.ru
                          Our modem phones:
          737-3378 USR Courier 33.6k Comstar rotary 16 lines
          928-8429 USR Courier 33.6k MGTS rotary 10 lines   
          956-6756 USR Courier 33.6k Comstar rotary 12 lines  
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last login: Mon Dec  7 01:33:53 on ttyp9 from pm1.redline.ru
No mail.
Balance:
Allowed minimum: 0
flipped tty is /apc/dev/ttyp9
redline:~$ passwd

Type "passwd" after the prompt.

Do you want to change your password? y

Confirm changing password by pressing "y". 

   Good. When you will connect to the system next time,
   the system will change your password.
redline:~$ exit

Now leave UNIX shell and reconnect to server. This time instead of showing redline:~$ prompt we are asked if we want to change the password:

do you want to change password? (y/n) y

Confirm it by pressing "y" and start password changing.

2. Password changing.

 You should see this message: 

Your password has expired.  Choose a new password.

Changing password for username
 Your password is expired. New password will be automatically generated.

 Ваш пароль не менялся уже слишком долго.
 В соответствии с требованиями сетевой безопасности он должен быть изменен.
 Итак, введите пароль, которым Вы пользуетесь в настоящий момент:
Old Password: password

You should enter your password once again (it won't be shown on the screen).

Now new password is generated. 

 Here is an automatically generated password.
 ВНИМАНИЕ! Компьютер предлагает Вам вариант НОВОГО ПАРОЛЯ:

New passowrd is: NewPassw

 Press <Enter> if you want to generate another password, or
 enter this password to accept it.
 Если он Вас не устраивает, нажмите клавишу <Enter>, если же у Вас нет
 возражений, ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО ЗАПОМНИТЕ ЕГО и наберите на клавиутаре прямо сейчас:
Re-enter new password:

You have two ways:
  1. Change your password to the generated one (in this example "NewPassw").
  2. Repeat password generation.

1. Change password.

 Re-enter new password: NewPasswd

You should remember (or write down) generated password and enter it, confirming that you accept this one. After that you will return to "UNIX shell",

redline:~$ exit

and leave it.

2. Repeat password generation.

 Re-enter new password:

Just press <Enter>, or enter something else. 

Re-enter new password:
 You misspelled it.
 Пароль набран неправильно.
After that password generating will be repeated.

Don't forget to change your password both in Dial-Up Networking and your e-mail program.