Administering user accounts

Setting or changing a user password

In the Account Manager, select a user name, then select Change Password from the Users menu.

You have these options:

Enter a new password: allows you to create a new password.
Keep existing password: retains the current password (this option is not available during account creation).
Use machine generated password: allows you to generate a password for the user.
Remove password: deletes the password and allows the user to log in without one.
Force password change at next login: forces users to change their password the next time they log in.

If you are entering a new password, type it in the ``Enter Password'' field (the password is not displayed). You are then switched to the ``Confirm Password'' field to enter it once more.

Use the Generate a password button to create a password for a user. Generated passwords are pronounceable, meaning that they are nonsense words rather than just random strings of letters (for example: juhahiwa). The password is automatically entered in the password fields; click on OK to accept the password, otherwise click on the Generate... button until a satisfactory password is generated.

Users can also generate their own passwords, unless you prevent them from running the generator. See ``Allowing users to generate passwords'' for more information.