Linux / MacOS

To change your password please log in with SecureShell (ssh) to 'login.coli.uni-saarland.de' and enter the command 'yppasswd'.

 ssh login.coli.uni-saarland.de
 passwd

Windows

Press CTRL-Alt-Del and select "Change Password". Windows passwords are independent from Linux / MacOS / Mail passwords.

Email / Web Server

Your email password is the same as your Linux / MacOS password.

How to choose a good password

A password should be

• kept secret
• changed on a regular basis
• not be easy to guess by others (like your Matrikelnummer or 'klausi1' for instance)

To choose a password which is not easy to guess, use a non predictable combination of upper/lower case letters along with numbers and special characters. To help you create a safe password log in via ssh to login.coli.uni-saarland.de (using your old password) and start 'apg'

 ssh login.coli.uni-saarland.de
 apg -a0 -MNLC -t -m10 -x10

You may choose any of the suggestions, if you like you can modify them a little.

More tips on secure passwords can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/create.aspx