GNOME Documentation Project
gnome-doc-list@gnome.org
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com
Keep your account secure by changing your password often in your
account settings.
Change your password
shaunm
We need a note in here about password hints. Share content with
user-add
Turns out that you get a dialog to change the keyring password when
you log in after changing your password. Mention that in a blurb above
the steps above #changepass below. "When you next log in, you will be
asked to…. If you prefer to change the keyring password immediately,
do this:
shaunm
We need pages on the keyring. Link to them from the section
below on changing your keyring password. This page can still go
final for 3.0.x without that, but leave this comment in for 3.2.
mdhill
Not prompted to change keyring password on next login in 3.2, wording
changed. Keyring pages still need adding. Bug 643445 indicates password
hints not implemented yet in GDM.
It is a good idea to change your password from time to time, especially if
you think someone else knows your password.
You need administrator privileges
to edit user accounts other than your own.
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Open the Activities overview and
start typing Users.
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Click Users to open the panel.
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Click the label ····· next to Password. If you
are changing the password for a different user, you will first need to
Unlock the panel.
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Enter your current password, then a new password. Enter your new
password again in the Verify New Password field.
You can press the
generate password icon to
automatically generate a random password.
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Click Change.
Make sure you choose a good
password. This will help to keep your user account safe.
When you update your login password, your login keyring password will
automatically be updated to be the same as your new login password.
If you forget your password, any user with administrator privileges can
change it for you.