CHAPTER 7
                    CHANGING PASSWORDS


For the security of the information in your files, it is 
important that the password that you log into OSFN with is 
known only to you, so that no one else can enter your 
account.

To ensure security of a password:

1) it should be at least 6 to 8 characters in length; 2) 
it should not be a dictionary word or the name of
   a person (especially the account owner's name!) or
   city;
3) it should be a mix of upper and lower case
   alphabetic characters and numerals; and
4) it should also be changed frequently, every 2 or 3
   months is probably not a bad guideline.

In particular, when you submitted your registration form 
for a user account on OSFN, that form carried a temporary 
password.

It is obviously known to other people, and it should be 
changed as soon as possible after you start using your new 
account.

To change a password, at the command line, enter "go 
password".  That will take you to the User Services menu.  
SELECT - Change Your Password, then follow the 
instructions.

It will first ask for the old password just to verify that 
it is you, then ask for a new password, then ask for the 
new one again just to verify that it has been correctly 
entered.

No characters will be echoed during this process, so you 
cannot see what you are doing.  Therefore, do it 
carefully.  Once changed, please remember the new 
password.

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