Changing Your NASIS Password

These are the instructions for changing your password on the NASIS 5.0 Central Server.

NOTE: Choose a password that is 6 to 8 characters long. The first six characters of the password must contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special character.

• Run NASIS Secure Access, click on the Open an Xterm button and when prompted, enter your password.
   
• At your unix prompt, type: chkey -p
   
  You should see messages similar to this:
  
  Updating nisplus publickey database.
  Reencrypting key for 'unix.1059@sc.egov.usda.gov'.
  Please enter the Secure-RPC password for your_loginid:
   
• When prompted, enter your current password and press the enter key.
   
• At the unix prompt, type: passwd
  
  You should see messages similar to this:
  
  Enter login(NIS+) password: (enter your current password here)
  New password: (enter your new password)
  Re-enter new password: (re-enter your new password)
  NIS+ password information changed for your_loginid
  NIS+ credential information changed for your_loginid

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