Using Telnet to Change Your Password

You should know your username and current password. Presumably you do by now, if you've forgotten it, dig it back out. Select a new password. Remember, if it's *too* simple, the system will reject it.

1. Start Telnet by going to the Start button on your computer and go to Run.

2. Type in telnet cuip.uchicago.edu into the field and click okay.

3. A new window opens and you will see a login prompt. Type in your CUIP username. Press enter.

4. The password prompt will appear, enter your current password. Press enter.

5. You should then see a prompt that may look like this:

You have mail.
username@cuip:~>

Now type in passwd (This is the command to change your password.)
Changing password for username
(current) UNIX password: oldpassword (as before, nothing is echoed, not even asterisks.)
New user password: newpassword
Retype new user password: newpassword

6. If all goes well you should recieve a prompt that looks like this:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully

(It might instead tell you the two times you entered the new password they did not match, so you would
start again; or it might reject your choice of new password and explainhow to make it more suitable -- again, not too hard to recover from, just try again.)

7. When you finish type in exit.