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There are four methods for changing the password for your ECE account.  Whichever method you use, the same new password will apply for Windows workstations in the <tt>UBC_ECE</tt> domain, Unix/Linux servers and workstations managed by ECE IT Services, and ECE mail servers.

===Method 1: Using the Self-Service ECE Account Management web application===
You can use this method if you know your old password.  '''Students, faculty, and staff who have a [https://www.cwl.ubc.ca/ Campus-Wide Login] account can also use this method even if you don't know the password for your ECE account.'''
# Go to https://id.ece.ubc.ca
# Log in using either your ECE or CWL account
# If you are eligible for a self-service password change, click <tt>Change Password…</tt>.  Otherwise, you will have to change your password in person (see Method 4 below).

===Method 2: Using a Windows workstation===
You can do this on a Windows workstation in the <tt>UBC_ECE</tt> domain, such as those in the undergraduate computer labs.
# Log on using your ECE account (be sure to select the <tt>UBC_ECE</tt> domain when doing so)
# Press ''Ctrl''-''Alt''-''Del''
# Click on ''Change Password...''
# Ensure that ''Log on to'' is set to the ''UBC_ECE'' domain.  (Changing the password for your account in any other domain, such as ''UBC_ECE_STAFF'', does not affect your Unix / mail password.)
# Enter your old and new passwords

===Method 3: Using one of the <tt>ssh-linux</tt> servers===
You can do this from any Internet-connected computer that has an Secure Shell client.
# Use [[How To Use SSH|SSH]] to connect to <tt>ssh.ece.ubc.ca</tt>
# At the shell prompt, run the ''passwd'' command
# Enter your old and new passwords when prompted

===Method 4: In person===
See Roozbeh Mehrabadi in KAIS 4113 to change your password.  Photo ID required.

==Password Complexity Rules==
The system will reject any password that is not sufficiently complex.  Select a password that:
* is composed of at least 3 of the 4 of the following types of characters:
** Upper-case letters, lower-case letters, digits, and punctuation.
** Upper-case letters at the beginning of your password and digits at the end of your password do not count towards meeting this requirement.
* is different from your previous password
* is at least five characters in length
* is not similar to a word
* is not similar to your name or username

These requirements are based on
[http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/d406b824-857c-4c2a-8de2-9b7ecbfa6e511033.mspx Microsoft's built-in rules].

Alternatively, you can choose a passphrase of 24 characters or more.  With a passphrase, there is no requirement to use different types of characters.  However, it must still not be based on your name.