Password

Changing your Password

When you account on the GACRC systems are setup, you are assigned a temporary initial password. You can login to the system with the temporary password and change it with the passwd command on the system. This command can be used whenever you need to change your password.

zcluster> passwd
Changing password for user johndoe.
Changing password for johndoe
(current) UNIX password:
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.

For security reasons, it is critical that users create strong passwords, following the UGA password guidelines.