Intended for:
Who is the audience of this article?
Scenario/Use case:
Change their Fermi domain (Windows login) or Services account passwords on a Mac or Linux computer.
Instructions:
If your machine has Fermi Kerberos setup on the machine, you can change your Fermi domain (Windows login) or Services password in the following way:
- Run the command kpasswd from a terminal
- To reset your FERMI domain password, use the following command:
kpasswd username@FERMI.WIN.FNAL.GOV
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- To reset your SERVICES domain password, use the following command:
kpasswd username@SERVICES.FNAL.GOV
- Type in your current password for the domain you are resetting
- Enter the new password twice
Password Requirements:
- Minimum of 10 characters
- Three of the four character groups must be used
- Uppercase
- Lowercase
- Numeric
- Special characters ( !,%,#, and @ are supported )
- The password cannot contain three or more characters from your username
- You cannot reuse any of your last 8 passwords
- Your password cannot contain your username or real name
- The password has a minimum age of 2 days